Babeye Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Babeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
| Niger | 37 | 1:518,703 | 13,483 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Babéye (1) are calculated separately.
Babeye (22) may also be a first name.
Babeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Babeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Babeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﻲ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Babéye. Click here for further possible spellings of Babeye.
How Common Is The Last Name Babeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Babeye is the 1,727,723rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Babeye live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Babeye is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 22 people.
The last name Babeye is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 62,998. In Mauritania Babeye is most common in: Trarza Region, where 55 percent live, Brakna Region, where 31 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent live and Chad, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Babeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Babeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺑﻲ | baby | 85.71 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻴﻪ | babyh | 5.71 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻴﺔ | babyt | 5.71 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻰ | baby | 2.86 |
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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 Babeye
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