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 may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bahoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 477,400th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 10,410,780 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bahoya are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 794,286th most widely held first name globally, borne by 136 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 347 people, or 1 in 59,853. In Cameroon Bahoya is primarily found in: Littoral Region, where 57 percent live, Centre Region, where 39 percent live and East Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Bahoya occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
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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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