Bourye Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Bourye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
Bourye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourye is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourye? popularity and diffusion
Bourye is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Bourye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourye live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Bourye is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 2,596,134. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: North Region, where 88 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon it is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 43 percent reside.
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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 Bourye
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