Boyelayefa Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Boyelayefa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boyelayefa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria271:6,560,843154,927
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Boyelayefa (263) may also be a first name.

Boyelayefa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boyelayefa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Boyelayefa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boyelayefa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,730,171st most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Boyelayefa live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boyelayefa is also the 548,616th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 263 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria Boyelayefa is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 89 percent live, Delta, where 4 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boyelayafa901/
Boyelaifa841/
Boyelayafe801/
Boulafea671/
Boueloufa631/
Bouloufa561,409/
Bouleifa568/
Weilaifa562/
Bouhloufa531/
Boulaiafi531/
Boulhoufat501/

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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 Boyelayefa
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