Tougaye Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Tougaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Tougaye (36) may also be a first name.
Tougaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tougaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tougaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻱ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tougaye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Tougaye is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tougaye reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Tougaye is also the 1,717,090th most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 36 people.
The last name Tougaye is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 75 percent are found, Guidimagha Region, where 13 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tougaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tougaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻱ | twkay | 50 |
| ﺗﻮﻛﻲ | twky | 25 |
| ﺗﻮﻛﻰ | twky | 16.67 |
| ﺗﻜﺎﻱ | tkay | 8.33 |
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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 Tougaye
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