Boyye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Boyye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Boyye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boyye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boyye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻴﻪ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boyye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Boyye live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Chadic Africa.
The surname Boyye is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 4,798,004. In Niger it is most numerous in: Dosso Region, where 50 percent are found, Agadez Region, where 25 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 25 percent are found. Besides Niger this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 22 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boyye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boyye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻴﻪ | byh | 50 |
| ﺑﻮﻱ | bwy | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Boyye
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