Bouleye Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Bouleye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
Bouleye (15) may also be a first name.
Bouleye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouleye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouleye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻟﻲ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouleye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,968,613th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouleye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Chadic Africa. Bouleye is also the 2,900,335th most widespread first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 50 percent live and Trarza Region, where 50 percent live. Barring Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 50 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouleye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouleye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻟﻲ | bwly | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻠﻲ | bly | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻠﻰ | bly | 33.33 |
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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 Bouleye
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