Bouayom Surname
Approximately 290 people bear this surname
Bouayom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 282 | 1:73,649 | 9,173 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
Bouayom (372) may also be a first name.
Bouayom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouayom Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouayom is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bouayom.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouayom? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 914,967th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 25,129,469 people. The last name Bouayom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouayom are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 450,135th most common first name internationally It is held by 372 people.
This last name is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is held by 282 people, or 1 in 73,649. In Cameroon it is most common in: North Region, where 75 percent are found, Centre Region, where 17 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Chad, where 1 percent are found and Gabon, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouayoum | 93 | 2 | / |
| Bouyom | 92 | 291 | / |
| Boayom | 92 | 6 | / |
| Bouahom | 86 | 61 | / |
| Bouyoum | 86 | 14 | / |
| Bouayam | 86 | 3 | / |
| Bouyyom | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bouayoun | 80 | 859 | / |
| Bouahome | 80 | 2 | / |
| Wouayoum | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouyoume | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buahom | 77 | 4,341 | / |
| Bouyon | 77 | 415 | / |
| Bouyam | 77 | 29 | / |
| Bouyem | 77 | 16 | / |
| Boujam | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bouaem | 77 | 3 | / |
| Boahom | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bauyom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boujom | 77 | 1 | / |
| Baouam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boayam | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouayoune | 75 | 448 | / |
| Bouhoum | 71 | 772 | / |
| Buhayon | 71 | 82 | / |
| Bouayan | 71 | 9 | / |
| Boujoom | 71 | 6 | / |
| Bouhjam | 71 | 4 | / |
| Boujham | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bouyeam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bouyong | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bouyame | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bouaiem | 71 | 2 | / |
| Baayoum | 71 | 2 | / |
| Biyayom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouayen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouyiem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouyeme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bauayem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bayoyam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouyham | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouyeum | 71 | 1 | / |
| Botayim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouayne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Busayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Butayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bohayon | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boiuyam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouhaim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Baaouam | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouyone | 71 | 0 | / |
| Busayong | 67 | 992 | / |
| Baoum | 67 | 473 | / |
| Bouhaimd | 67 | 285 | / |
| Butayong | 67 | 12 | / |
| Bouayane | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buhayong | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bouaioun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boeum | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouhoume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouhyame | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boeam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouaouen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boosayam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baouyeam | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boaim | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bouayom
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