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
The last name Tougaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﻛﺎﻱ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tougaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tougaye is the 4,772,636th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tougaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Tougaye is also the 1,717,090th most commonly occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 75 percent live, Guidimagha Region, where 13 percent live and Trarza Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 6 percent live.
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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