Baleye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Baleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Baleye (12) may also be a first name.
Baleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baleye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Baleye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Baleye is the 5,213,395th most frequent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Baleye occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Baleye live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name on earth. It is borne by 12 people.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 75 percent are found, Lagos, where 13 percent are found and Niger, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and France, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Baleye
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