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
The surname Boay is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 63,832nd most commonly used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 928,823 people. The surname Boay is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Boay reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 238,581st most frequently used forename on earth, borne by 1,117 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 7,780 people, or 1 in 6,805. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Manyara Region, where 84 percent live, Arusha Region, where 10 percent live and Singida Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Tanzania it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 0 percent live and India, where 0 percent live.
Boay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Boay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Boay surname fell 88 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 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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