M'Boy Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
M'Boy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
M'Boy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Boy Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Boy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Boy? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of M'Boy reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name M'Boy is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Assaba Region, where 83 percent are found and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it is found in one country. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Boy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Boy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﻲ | amby | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻱ | ambwy | 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 M'Boy
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