Bolaiya Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bolaiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bolaiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria61:29,523,793355,097
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827

Bolaiya Last Name Facts

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

Bolaiya is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bolaiya? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bolaiya is the 6,063,924th most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Bolaiya occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Bolaiya live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Bolaiya is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Bolaiya is primarily concentrated in: Ekiti, where 83 percent reside and Oyo, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 40 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
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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 Bolaiya
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