Boulaye Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Boulaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Ivory Coast | 38 | 1:607,138 | 17,958 |
| Senegal | 22 | 1:662,697 | 2,512 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Boulaye (7,288) may also be a first name.
Boulaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boulaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boulaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻻﻱ) is found in France more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boulaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boulaye is the 1,328,442nd most prevalent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Boulaye reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. Boulaye is also the 75,594th most widespread given name internationally, held by 7,288 people.
This surname is most frequently held in France, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 1,302,406. In France it is most prevalent in: Normandy, where 35 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 22 percent live and Île-de-France, where 18 percent live. Other than France Boulaye occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 22 percent live and Senegal, where 13 percent live.
Boulaye Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Boulaye has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname contracted 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boulaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boulaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻻﻱ | bwlay | 93.5 |
| ﺑﻼﻱ | blay | 4.88 |
| ﺑﻮﻻﻯ | bwlay | 0.81 |
| ﻣﻮﻻﻱ | mwlay | 0.81 |
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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 Boulaye
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