Bahoya Surname
Approximately 700 people bear this surname
Bahoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 347 | 1:59,853 | 7,706 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Bahoya (136) may also be a first name.
Bahoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bahoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bahoya has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 477,400th most widely held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 10,410,780 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bahoya live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 94 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most frequent forename globally, held by 136 people.
The last name Bahoya is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is held by 347 people, or 1 in 59,853. In Cameroon Bahoya is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 57 percent reside, Centre Region, where 39 percent reside and East Region, where 1 percent reside. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Bahoya
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