Bembaye Surname
Approximately 643 people bear this surname
Bembaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 578 | 1:23,516 | 2,818 |
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
Bembaye (447) may also be a first name.
Bembaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bembaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bembaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ) is found in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bembaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bembaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bembaye is the 509,082nd most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 11,333,664 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bembaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 405,268th most commonly used first name at a global level. It is borne by 447 people.
This last name is most widely held in Chad, where it is held by 578 people, or 1 in 23,516. Excluding Chad Bembaye occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bembaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bembaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ | bmbay | 96.36 |
| ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻯ | bmbay | 1.82 |
| ﺑﻨﺒﺎﻱ | bnbay | 1.82 |
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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 Bembaye
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