Bodeyan Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
Bodeyan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bodeyan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bodeyan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bodeyan (Russian: Бодеян) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bodeyan.
How Common Is The Last Name Bodeyan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bodeyan is the 2,605,694th most commonly used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 132,500,835 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bodeyan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria Bodeyan is most common in: Delta, where 91 percent live and Kogi, where 8 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bodeyan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bodeyan in the Russian language | ||
| Бодеян | bodean | - |
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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 Bodeyan
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