Boyaye Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Boyaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Boyaye (88) may also be a first name.
Boyaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boyaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boyaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Boyaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Boyaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boyaye is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Boyaye live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most frequently used given name in the world, borne by 88 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 87 percent live, Adamawa, where 7 percent live and Zamfara, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria Boyaye is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boyaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boyaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﺎﻱ | byay | - |
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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 Boyaye
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