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
The last name Zamaye occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Zamaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zamaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Zamaye occurs predominantly 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 commonly held first name world-wide, held by 19 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 367,378. In Liberia Zamaye is most common in: Nimba County, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this surname is found in one country. It is also found 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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