Babaye Surname
Approximately 1,525 people bear this surname
Babaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 784 | 1:24,480 | 1,456 |
| Nigeria | 393 | 1:450,745 | 23,038 |
| Iran | 260 | 1:295,317 | 21,021 |
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
The alternate forms: Babayé (1) are calculated separately.
Babaye (6,131) may also be a first name.
Babaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Babaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Babaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Babayé. Click here for further potential spellings of Babaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Babaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 258,090th most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,778,719 people. The surname Babaye is primarily found in Africa, where 82 percent of Babaye live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 84,502nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 6,131 people.
The last name Babaye is most commonly occurring in Niger, where it is held by 784 people, or 1 in 24,480. In Niger Babaye is most common in: Zinder Region, where 59 percent are found, Dosso Region, where 13 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 9 percent are found. Excluding Niger it occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 26 percent are found and Iran, where 17 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Babaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Babaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻱ | babay | 60 |
| ﺑﺒﺎﻱ | bbay | 30 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻲ | baby | 10 |
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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 Babaye
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