Babanyaya Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Babanyaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Babanyaya (114) may also be a first name.
Babanyaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Babanyaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Babanyaya has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Babanyaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,511,557th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Babanyaya live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 114 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Babanyaya is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 47 percent reside, Bauchi, where 23 percent reside and Kaduna, where 11 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Babanyaya exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babanyaye | 89 | 1 | / |
| Babanyahia | 84 | 1 | / |
| Babanjae | 71 | 8 | / |
| Babaniaj | 71 | 1 | / |
| Babaniye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Babanhajo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhavaniaha | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bhavanijay | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bhavanijayo | 60 | 3 | / |
| Babanjuji | 56 | 37 | / |
| Wawaniha'a | 53 | 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
- 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 Babanyaya
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