Bobaye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bobaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bobaye (12) may also be a first name.
Bobaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bobaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bobaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻱ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bobaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bobaye reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bobaye is also the 3,306,491st most commonly used first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 33 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 33 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 33 percent are found. Other than Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bobaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bobaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻱ | bwbay | - |
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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 Bobaye
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