Bojuwoye Surname

1,035,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 243 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Bojuwoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bojuwoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2311:766,85234,601
England81:6,964,757184,742
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Bojuwoye (10) may also be a first name.

Bojuwoye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bojuwoye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bojuwoye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bojuwoye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,035,555th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Bojuwoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bojuwoye reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 10 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 231 people, or 1 in 766,852. In Nigeria Bojuwoye is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 52 percent are found, Kwara, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bojuwaye883/
Bojuwoyi882/
Bojuwuye881/
Boouwaye751/
Baouwaye751/
Bohuwayed711/
Bojoway671/
Bosuwei671/
Boouwey671/
Biuwaye671/

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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 Bojuwoye
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