Bichaye Surname
Approximately 355 people bear this surname
Bichaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 205 | 1:101,313 | 11,968 |
| Tanzania | 150 | 1:352,944 | 26,073 |
Bichaye (41) may also be a first name.
Bichaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bichaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bichaye occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bichaye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 793,288th most widespread surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 20,528,298 people. The surname Bichaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bichaye are found; 57 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most widespread first name globally, borne by 41 people.
The surname Bichaye is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is held by 205 people, or 1 in 101,313. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Far North Region, where 95 percent reside, North Region, where 5 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 42 percent reside.
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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 Bichaye
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