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
The surname Bisayo (Oriya: ବିଷୟ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bisayo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bisayo is the 853,416th most frequently used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. Bisayo is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bisayo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 450,877th most frequently occurring first name in the world It is held by 371 people.
The surname 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 are found, Ogun, where 25 percent are found and Oyo, where 8 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and India, where 1 percent are found.
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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