Bolayan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Bolayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Bolayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bolayan (Arabic: بولايان, Marathi: बोलयान) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,213,395th most frequent surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Bolayan reside; 36 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ondo, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Bolayan occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in India, where 29 percent live and The Philippines, where 29 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolayan in the Marathi language | ||
| बोलयान | bolayana | - |
| Bolayan in the Arabic language | ||
| بولايان | bwlayan | - |
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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 Bolayan
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