Zamaye Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Zamaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Zamaye (19) may also be a first name.
Zamaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zamaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zamaye is most common in Liberia. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamaye? popularity and diffusion
Zamaye is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Zamaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Zamaye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Zamaye is also the 2,523,061st most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia it is most frequent in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Outside of Liberia this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
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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 Zamaye
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