Boiface Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Boiface Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
Boiface (18) may also be a first name.
Boiface Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boiface Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boiface is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boiface? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Boiface live; 83 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boiface is also the 2,608,198th most common first name globally. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 17,714,276. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Gombe, where 50 percent reside, Ondo, where 30 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent reside and New Zealand, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Boiface
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