Bostay Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bostay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | 13 | 1:755,098 | 40,181 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Bostay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bostay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bostay (Marathi: टाय, Russian: Бостай) occurs most in Hungary. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bostay? popularity and diffusion
Bostay is the 5,057,639th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname Bostay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Bostay live; 87 percent live in Eastern Europe and 87 percent live in Hungaro-Europe.
The surname Bostay is most common in Hungary, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 755,098. In Hungary Bostay is primarily concentrated in: Budapest, where 92 percent live and Pest County, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Hungary this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 7 percent live and Kyrgyzstan, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bostay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bostay in the Marathi language | ||
| टाय | taya | - |
| Bostay in the Russian language | ||
| Бостай | bostaj | - |
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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 Bostay
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