Silaye Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Silaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 9 | 1:454,985 | 17,374 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Silaye (85) may also be a first name.
Silaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Silaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Silaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻲ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Silaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most common last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. Silaye is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Silaye reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Silaye is also the 1,039,322nd most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 85 people.
This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 9 people, or 1 in 454,985. In Mauritania Silaye is most prevalent in: Tagant Region, where 100 percent reside. Other than Mauritania Silaye is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 27 percent reside and Brazil, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Silaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Silaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻲ | sly | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻴﻠﻲ | syly | 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
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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 Silaye
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