Boai Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Boai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| China | 12 | 1:113,943,464 | 5,994 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Boai (6,195) may also be a first name.
Boai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boai is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Boai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently used surname in the world, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. The surname Boai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 58 percent of Boai live; 58 percent live in Oceania Islands and 56 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 83,949th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 6,195 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea Boai is most common in: Bougainville, where 24 percent are found, West Sepik, where 24 percent are found and Chimbu, where 18 percent are found. Apart from Papua New Guinea Boai is found in 9 countries. It is also common in China, where 17 percent are found and India, where 13 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
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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 Boai
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