Baaye Surname
Approximately 318 people bear this surname
Baaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Baaye (31) may also be a first name.
Baaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Baaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻌﻲ) is found most in Ghana. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Baaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 857,026th most widely held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,916,811 people. The surname Baaye is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Baaye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 31 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Aside from Ghana this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Baaye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Baaye has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Baaye last name expanded 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻌﻲ | by | 66.67 |
| ﺍﺑﻌﻴﻪ | abyh | 33.33 |
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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
- 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 Baaye
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