Bouyom Surname
Approximately 291 people bear this surname
Bouyom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 288 | 1:72,115 | 9,028 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
Bouyom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouyom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouyom is most common in Cameroon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouyom? popularity and diffusion
Bouyom is the 912,827th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,043,113 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouyom live; 82 percent live in Central Africa and 79 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 72,115. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 33 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 25 percent reside and West Region, where 20 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 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 Bouyom
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