Boaye Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Boaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Boaye (31) may also be a first name.
Boaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boaye is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boaye? popularity and diffusion
Boaye is the 2,034,059th most common surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Boaye reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 64 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Boaye is also the 1,874,099th most common given name internationally. It is borne by 31 people.
The last name Boaye is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 39 percent are found, East Region, where 34 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 24 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 5 percent are found and Bulgaria, where 2 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 Boaye
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