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
The surname Boubaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻱ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boubaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,100,440th most frequent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The last name Boubaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boubaye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 60 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Boubaye is also the 2,523,061st most common first name globally It is held by 19 people.
Boubaye is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 903,003. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 91 percent live, Far North Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 4 percent live. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 33 percent live and Mauritania, where 10 percent live.
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
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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 Boubaye
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