Boaya Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Boaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boaya (42) may also be a first name.
Boaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boaya (Marathi: बोअया) is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boaya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently used family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Boaya is predominantly found in Asia, where 91 percent of Boaya are found; 77 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 49 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held first name globally It is held by 42 people.
The surname Boaya is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 4,601,737. In The Philippines it is primarily found in: Caraga, where 23 percent reside, Mimaropa, where 23 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 18 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 26 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बोअया | bo'aya | - |
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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 Boaya
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