Boistay Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Boistay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 204 | 1:325,602 | 49,364 |
| Belgium | 34 | 1:338,137 | 37,845 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Boistay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boistay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boistay is borne by more people in France than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Boistay.
How Common Is The Last Name Boistay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boistay is the 1,048,281st most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Boistay reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 95 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Boistay is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 204 people, or 1 in 325,602. In France Boistay is mostly concentrated in: Île-de-France, where 42 percent are found, Grand Est, where 40 percent are found and Normandy, where 6 percent are found. Barring France it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 14 percent are found and Tunisia, where 0 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 Boistay
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