Bayou Surname
Approximately 31,043 people bear this surname
Bayou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 18,191 | 1:5,362 | 856 |
| Libya | 6,386 | 1:978 | 238 |
| Algeria | 4,441 | 1:8,699 | 1,505 |
| Ivory Coast | 727 | 1:31,735 | 2,139 |
| France | 410 | 1:162,007 | 25,225 |
| Morocco | 409 | 1:84,294 | 14,399 |
| United States | 163 | 1:2,223,674 | 139,425 |
| Liberia | 58 | 1:76,009 | 6,407 |
| England | 54 | 1:1,031,816 | 50,675 |
| Israel | 37 | 1:231,287 | 21,601 |
| Canada | 25 | 1:1,473,824 | 101,190 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| Spain | 22 | 1:2,125,093 | 54,547 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Bayou (31,626) may also be a first name.
Bayou Demographics
Average Bayou Salary in
United States
$36,900 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bayou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bayou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bayou (Arabic: بايو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﻳﻮ) occurs in Ethiopia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bayou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bayou is the 17,806th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 234,756 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bayou reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 26,778th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 31,626 people.
The last name Bayou is most frequent in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 18,191 people, or 1 in 5,362. Beside Ethiopia this surname occurs in 37 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 21 percent are found and Algeria, where 14 percent are found.
Bayou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bayou has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 2,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bayou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bayou surname are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% registered with the party.
The amount Bayou earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 14.48% less than the national average, earning $36,900 USD per year and in Canada they earn 24.72% less than the national average, earning $37,402 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bayou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bayou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﻳﻮ | bayw | - |
| Bayou in the Arabic language | ||
| بايو | bayw | - |
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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 Bayou
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