Bobiye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bobiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Bobiye (5) may also be a first name.
Bobiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bobiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bobiye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﻴﻪ) is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bobiye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bobiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bobiye is the 8,968,613th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bobiye are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 5,493,085th most frequently held forename throughout the world. It is borne by 5 people.
The surname is most widely held in Benin, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 5,167,801. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 50 percent reside and Zou Department, where 50 percent reside. Outside of Benin this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 25 percent reside and Togo, where 25 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bobiye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bobiye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﻴﻪ | bwbyh | - |
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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 Bobiye
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