Sangaye Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Sangaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sangaye (61) may also be a first name.
Sangaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sangaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sangaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﻘﺎﻥ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sangaye live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 40 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Sangaye is also the 1,257,960th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 61 people.
The last name is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 20 percent live and Mauritania, where 20 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sangaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sangaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻨﻘﺎﻥ | snqan | - |
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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
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- 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 Sangaye
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