Niaye Surname
Approximately 1,540 people bear this surname
Niaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,510 | 1:15,279 | 1,203 |
| Senegal | 17 | 1:857,608 | 2,905 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Niaye (841) may also be a first name.
Niaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻱ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Niaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Niaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 256,086th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 4,732,173 people. The surname Niaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Niaye reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Mande Africa. It is also the 281,453rd most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 841 people.
The surname Niaye is most common in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,510 people, or 1 in 15,279. In The Ivory Coast it is mostly found in: Woroba District, where 47 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 21 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 12 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Senegal, where 1 percent live and The Congo, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻱ | anyay | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻧﻴﺎﻳﻰ | anyayy | 33.33 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Niaye
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