Bosoye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Bosoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Bosoye (23) may also be a first name.
Bosoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bosoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bosoye is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bosoye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Bosoye occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bosoye are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,239,265th most commonly held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 23 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Bosoye is mostly concentrated in: Ekiti, where 42 percent reside, Oyo, where 42 percent reside and Lagos, where 17 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and India, where 7 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
- 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 Bosoye
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