Boyagui Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Boyagui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 72 | 1:143,550 | 15,098 |
| Mauritania | 59 | 1:69,404 | 4,742 |
Boyagui (15) may also be a first name.
Boyagui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boyagui Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boyagui (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻳﺎﻛﻲ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boyagui? popularity and diffusion
Boyagui is the 1,565,797th most commonly used surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. The last name Boyagui occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boyagui reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequent first name in the world, held by 15 people.
It is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 143,550. In Benin it is most frequent in: Atakora Department, where 69 percent reside, Borgou Department, where 18 percent reside and Alibori Department, where 10 percent reside. Beside Benin this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 45 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boyagui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boyagui in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻳﺎﻛﻲ | bwyaky | 62.5 |
| ﺑﻴﺎﻛﻰ | byaky | 25 |
| ﺑﻴﺎﻛﻲ | byaky | 12.5 |
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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 Boyagui
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