Bisayo Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Bisayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 308 | 1:575,139 | 27,820 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bisayo (371) may also be a first name.
Bisayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bisayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bisayo (Oriya: ବିଷୟ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of Bisayo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bisayo? popularity and diffusion
Bisayo is the 853,416th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bisayo reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bisayo is also the 450,877th most common first name world-wide, borne by 371 people.
The surname Bisayo is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 308 people, or 1 in 575,139. In Nigeria Bisayo is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 45 percent live, Ogun, where 25 percent live and Oyo, where 8 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bisayo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bisayo in the Oriya language | ||
| ବିଷୟ | bisaya | - |
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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 Bisayo
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