Babiye Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Babiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 113 | 1:36,238 | 2,876 |
| Nigeria | 60 | 1:2,952,379 | 92,303 |
| Cameroon | 38 | 1:546,554 | 42,843 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Babiye (82) may also be a first name.
Babiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Babiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Babiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Babiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,028,911th most common family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Babiye reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Babiye is also the 1,060,447th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 82 people.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 36,238. In Mauritania Babiye is most common in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 42 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 12 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 12 percent reside. Besides Mauritania it exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 16 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Babiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Babiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺑﻴﻪ | babyh | 65.15 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻲ | baby | 30.3 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻁ | ambwt | 3.03 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻰ | baby | 1.52 |
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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 Babiye
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