Bambaye Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Bambaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bambaye (79) may also be a first name.
Bambaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bambaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bambaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bambaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bambaye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bambaye is also the 1,083,225th most widely held first name globally It is held by 79 people.
Bambaye is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 107,760. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Gorgol Region, where 45 percent are found, Brakna Region, where 29 percent are found and Hodh Chargui Region, where 21 percent are found. Besides Mauritania Bambaye is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bambaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bambaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ | bmbay | 87.8 |
| ﺑﺎﻣﺒﺎﻱ | bambay | 4.88 |
| ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻯ | bmbay | 2.44 |
| ﺑﺎﻣﺒﻲ | bamby | 2.44 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎﻱ | bwmbay | 2.44 |
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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 Bambaye
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