Quaye Surname
Approximately 89,748 people bear this surname
Quaye Surname Definition:
QUAE: A Gaelic name, usually prefixed by Mac.
Quaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 83,126 | 1:325 | 34 |
| Liberia | 3,923 | 1:1,124 | 151 |
| United States | 892 | 1:406,344 | 35,432 |
| England | 541 | 1:102,991 | 10,830 |
| Egypt | 427 | 1:215,306 | 15,336 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Nigeria | 105 | 1:1,687,074 | 62,154 |
| Canada | 69 | 1:533,994 | 44,923 |
| Isle of Man | 52 | 1:1,650 | 294 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Iceland | 5 | 1:76,018 | 4,442 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Man | 23 | 1:2,360 | 290 |
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Quaye (1,729) may also be a first name.
Quaye Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
QUAE: A Gaelic name, usually prefixed by Mac.
Quaye Demographics
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Quaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Quaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Quaye is found most in Ghana. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Quaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,294th most common last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,200 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Quaye reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 184,577th most commonly used first name worldwide, held by 1,729 people.
The last name Quaye is most frequently held in Ghana, where it is held by 83,126 people, or 1 in 325. Beside Ghana it occurs in 53 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 4 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Quaye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Quaye has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Quaye last name expanded 89,200 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 3,006 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Quaye Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Quaye surname are 45.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 98.78% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Quaye earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 141.5% more than the national average, earning R 573,900 per year; in United States they earn 7.11% more than the national average, earning $46,215 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.52% less than the national average, earning $48,926 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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