Boay Surname
Approximately 7,846 people bear this surname
Boay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 7,780 | 1:6,805 | 893 |
| Malaysia | 37 | 1:797,141 | 36,924 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 11 | 1:2,215,943 | 64,354 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
Boay (1,117) may also be a first name.
Boay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boay is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 63,832nd most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 928,823 people. The last name Boay occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boay live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Boay is also the 238,581st most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 1,117 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7,780 people, or 1 in 6,805. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Manyara Region, where 84 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 10 percent reside and Singida Region, where 2 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 0 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Boay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Boay has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boay surname contracted 88 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.
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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 Boay
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