B Y Surname
5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria
B Y Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Be Y | 86 | 11 | / |
| B Yi | 86 | 5 | / |
| B Ye | 86 | 1 | / |
| By | 80 | 9,823 | / |
| B Eya | 75 | 34 | / |
| Bi Yu | 75 | 20 | / |
| B Yau | 75 | 10 | / |
| Bo Yi | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bi Ay | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ba Ay | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bi Ya | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ba Ye | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ba Ya | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ba Oy | 75 | 2 | / |
| B Aya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bu Ya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bo Ya | 75 | 1 | / |
| B Iya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Beh Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boo Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhu Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bhi Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bah Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| Be Oy | 75 | 1 | / |
| Be Ya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bau Y | 75 | 1 | / |
| B Aye | 75 | 1 | / |
| B Eyi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boy | 67 | 90,441 | / |
| Bey | 67 | 83,348 | / |
| Bay | 67 | 72,985 | / |
| Bye | 67 | 14,473 | / |
| Bya | 67 | 3,894 | / |
| Buy | 67 | 3,044 | / |
| Biy | 67 | 2,039 | / |
| Bhy | 67 | 857 | / |
| Byi | 67 | 132 | / |
| Byy | 67 | 114 | / |
| Øby | 67 | 91 | / |
| Byo | 67 | 79 | / |
| Byh | 67 | 71 | / |
| Æby | 67 | 56 | / |
| B Yaya | 67 | 48 | / |
| Bwy | 67 | 35 | / |
| Byu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Bby | 67 | 15 | / |
| Byø | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bhaa Y | 67 | 13 | / |
| Hby | 67 | 11 | / |
| Byé | 67 | 8 | / |
| B A | 67 | 5 | / |
| B Haya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Wby | 67 | 4 | / |
| Böy | 67 | 4 | / |
| Béy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beo Ya | 67 | 3 | / |
| Pby | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bi You | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bo Yao | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bóy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bea Ye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bai Yu | 67 | 1 | / |
| B I | 67 | 1 | / |
| B Auya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bi Yao | 67 | 1 | / |
| Be Yeo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Be Oya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bai Ye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bo You | 67 | 1 | / |
| B'Y | 67 | 1 | / |
| B È | 67 | 1 | / |
| B O | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bao Ya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baah Y | 67 | 1 | / |
| B W | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ba Aye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bou Ay | 67 | 1 | / |
| H B Yi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boo Ya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 B Y
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