Bolayi Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bolayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Bolayi (51) may also be a first name.
Bolayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bolayi is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bolayi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolayi? popularity and diffusion
Bolayi is the 5,057,639th most frequently used surname globally It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Bolayi live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bolayi is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 51 people.
The last name Bolayi is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 63 percent are found, Kogi, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent are found and South Africa, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bolayi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis