M'Boye Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
M'Boye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 123 | 1:187,571 | 8,219 |
| Mauritania | 45 | 1:90,997 | 5,761 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
M'Boye (67) may also be a first name.
M'Boye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name M'Boye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname M'Boye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻱ) is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of M'Boye.
How Common Is The Last Name M'Boye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,328,442nd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name M'Boye is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of M'Boye reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. M'Boye is also the 1,191,548th most frequent first name internationally It is held by 67 people.
The surname M'Boye is most prevalent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 123 people, or 1 in 187,571. In The Ivory Coast it is most numerous in: Montagnes District, where 94 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 4 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 1 percent reside. Aside from The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 27 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
M'Boye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| M'Boye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻱ | ambwy | 50 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻲ | amby | 22.5 |
| ﺃﻣﺒﻮﻱ | ambwy | 12.5 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻯ | ambwy | 2.5 |
| ﺑﺎﻱ | bay | 2.5 |
| ﺁﻣﺒﻮﻱ | ambwy | 2.5 |
| ﺍﻣﺒﻮﻳﻪ | ambwyh | 2.5 |
| ﻣﺒﻮﻱ | mbwy | 2.5 |
| ﺑﻮﻱ | bwy | 2.5 |
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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'Boye
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