Biyen Surname
Approximately 6,192 people bear this surname
Biyen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 5,922 | 1:3,099 | 394 |
| Israel | 235 | 1:36,415 | 5,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Turkey | 6 | 1:12,970,237 | 144,247 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Biyen (71) may also be a first name.
Biyen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Biyen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Biyen is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Biyen? popularity and diffusion
The surname Biyen is the 78,864th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,176,929 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Biyen live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Biyen is also the 1,152,838th most prevalent first name globally, held by 71 people.
This surname is most frequent in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 5,922 people, or 1 in 3,099. In Burkina Faso it is most prevalent in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 84 percent are found, Boucle du Mouhoun Region, where 7 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Burkina Faso it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 4 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Biyen
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