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
Sangaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻨﻘﺎﻥ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sangaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sangaye reside; 60 percent reside in West Africa and 40 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Sangaye is also the 1,257,960th most widely held forename in the world It is held by 61 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 20,769,068. In Cameroon Sangaye is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 100 percent live. Apart from Cameroon this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs 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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