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) is more commonly found in Ethiopia than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bayou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 17,806th most commonly held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 234,756 people. The surname Bayou is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bayou are found; 59 percent are found in East Africa and 59 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bayou is also the 26,778th most frequently used given name in the world It is held by 31,626 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 18,191 people, or 1 in 5,362. Aside from Ethiopia it is found in 37 countries. It is also found in Libya, where 21 percent reside and Algeria, where 14 percent reside.
Bayou Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bayou has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 2,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bayou Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bayou last name are 9.27% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.5% being registered to vote for 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
- 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 Bayou
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