Bombaye Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Bombaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bombaye (11) may also be a first name.
Bombaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bombaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bombaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bombaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bombaye is the 4,206,983rd most commonly occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Bombaye live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bombaye is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 2,067,120. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Benin it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 18 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bombaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bombaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻤﺒﺎﻱ | bmbay | 57.14 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﺒﺎﻱ | bwmbay | 28.57 |
| ﺑﻨﺒﺎﻱ | bnbay | 14.29 |
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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 Bombaye
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