Bouaye Surname
Approximately 215 people bear this surname
Bouaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 120 | 1:159,933 | 5,778 |
| Cameroon | 54 | 1:384,612 | 33,542 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Congo | 9 | 1:554,344 | 12,633 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Bouaye (1,819) may also be a first name.
Bouaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouaye is most common in Niger. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Bouaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouaye is the 1,125,333rd most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Bouaye are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 56 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 178,966th most commonly used forename worldwide It is held by 1,819 people.
Bouaye is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is held by 120 people, or 1 in 159,933. In Niger Bouaye is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 41 percent are found, Maradi Region, where 34 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 23 percent are found. Beside Niger Bouaye occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Bouaye
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