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
Bamboye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻣﺒﻮﻯ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bamboye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,506,728th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bamboye live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent reside, Ogun, where 21 percent reside and Ekiti, where 17 percent reside. Other than Nigeria Bamboye occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent reside and Cameroon, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bamboye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bamboye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻣﺒﻮﻯ | bambwy | 50 |
| ﺑﺎﺑﻲ | baby | 50 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bamboye
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis