Bamishaye Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bamishaye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bamishaye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3111:569,59127,605
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Bamishaye (20) may also be a first name.

Bamishaye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bamishaye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bamishaye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bamishaye? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 862,604th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bamishaye reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bamishaye is also the 2,446,817th most widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

Bamishaye is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 311 people, or 1 in 569,591. In Nigeria Bamishaye is most common in: Ekiti, where 29 percent live, Lagos, where 21 percent live and Kwara, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 0 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 Bamishaye
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