Bougouyou Surname

1,746,159th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 110 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Bougouyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bougouyou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1001:230,7129,424
Belgium71:1,642,37898,400
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Bougouyou (44) may also be a first name.

Bougouyou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bougouyou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bougouyou is found in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bougouyou? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,746,159th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 66,250,417 people. The surname Bougouyou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 48 percent of Bougouyou reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most common given name worldwide. It is borne by 44 people.

The last name Bougouyou is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 230,712. In The Ivory Coast Bougouyou is most numerous in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 51 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 48 percent are found and Yamoussoukro Autonomous District, where 1 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast Bougouyou occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bogoyou881/
Bougayou82831/
Bagouyou822/
Bougayouy781/
Boughayout741/
Bagouiou7118/
Wagouyou718/
Bogoju67671/
Bugoiu67168/
Bogoiu6776/
Bugoju673/
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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 Bougouyou
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