Touraye Surname
Approximately 149 people bear this surname
Touraye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 148 | 1:129,676 | 4,961 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Touraye (178) may also be a first name.
Touraye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Touraye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Touraye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﻮﺭﺍﻳﻪ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Touraye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Touraye is the 1,441,361st most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 48,909,704 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Touraye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Touraye is also the 683,417th most frequently occurring first name on earth It is held by 178 people.
Touraye is most prevalent in Niger, where it is borne by 148 people, or 1 in 129,676. In Niger it is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 88 percent reside, Dosso Region, where 8 percent reside and Tahoua Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Niger this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Senegal, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Touraye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Touraye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﻮﺭﺍﻳﻪ | twrayh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Touraye
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