Sumaye Surname
Approximately 2,856 people bear this surname
Sumaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,771 | 1:19,106 | 2,425 |
| Nigeria | 77 | 1:2,300,555 | 77,632 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Sumaye (1,353) may also be a first name.
Sumaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sumaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sumaye (Arabic: سوماي, Marathi: सुमाये) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sumaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 153,842nd most widely held last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 2,551,662 people. The surname Sumaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sumaye live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 213,236th most common first name globally, held by 1,353 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 2,771 people, or 1 in 19,106. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 79 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 8 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 3 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sumaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sumaye in the Marathi language | ||
| सुमाये | sumaye | - |
| Sumaye in the Arabic language | ||
| سوماي | swmay | - |
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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 Sumaye
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