Boyay Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Boyay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Boyay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boyay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boyay (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻳﺎﻱ, Russian: Бояй) is found most in The Philippines. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boyay? popularity and diffusion
Boyay is the 4,649,889th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Boyay live; 50 percent live in Southeast Asia and 50 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.
This surname is most commonly held in The Philippines, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 11,248,691. In The Philippines Boyay is most numerous in: Cordillera Administrative Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding The Philippines this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 44 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boyay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boyay in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻳﺎﻱ | bwyay | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻴﺎﻱ | byay | 33.33 |
| Boyay in the Russian language | ||
| Бояй | boaj | - |
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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 Boyay
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