Bamboye Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Bamboye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bamboye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bamboye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bamboye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﺒﻮﻯ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamboye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bamboye reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Bamboye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Bamboye is most numerous in: Lagos, where 29 percent are found, Ogun, where 21 percent are found and Ekiti, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Bamboye exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamboye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamboye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﺒﻮﻯ | bambwy | 50 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻲ | baby | 50 |
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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 Bamboye
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