Bouay Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Bouay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 13 | 1:795,046 | 42,452 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bouay (125) may also be a first name.
Bouay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouay occurs in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouay? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,957,383rd most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 84 percent of Bouay are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bouay is also the 832,731st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 125 people.
The last name Bouay is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 795,046. In Benin Bouay is most frequent in: Alibori Department, where 69 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 31 percent reside. Barring Benin this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 24 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 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 Bouay
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