Boubaye Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Boubaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
Boubaye (19) may also be a first name.
Boubaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boubaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boubaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻱ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Boubaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Boubaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boubaye live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most common first name internationally, held by 19 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon Boubaye is most frequent in: North Region, where 91 percent are found, Far North Region, where 4 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 4 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 33 percent are found and Mauritania, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boubaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boubaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻱ | bwbay | 75 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻲ | bwby | 25 |
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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 Boubaye
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