Abouba Surname
Approximately 13,264 people bear this surname
Abouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 12,365 | 1:1,552 | 187 |
| Mali | 452 | 1:37,542 | 1,092 |
| Algeria | 167 | 1:231,327 | 25,749 |
| Cameroon | 106 | 1:195,935 | 20,315 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Burkina Faso | 42 | 1:436,955 | 6,467 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abouba (5,387) may also be a first name.
Abouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺒﻌﻮﺑﻪ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abouba.
How Common Is The Last Name Abouba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 39,576th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 549,423 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Abouba are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Abouba is also the 91,751st most widespread forename world-wide. It is borne by 5,387 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Niger, where it is carried by 12,365 people, or 1 in 1,552. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tahoua Region, where 45 percent reside, Tillabéri Region, where 43 percent reside and Niamey Capital District, where 5 percent reside. Besides Niger this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Mali, where 3 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺒﻌﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | - |
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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 Abouba
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