Babahim Surname

3,055,934th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 41 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Babahim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Babahim Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania391:104,9966,429
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147

Babahim Last Name Facts

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

Babahim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻫﻴﻢ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Babahim click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babahim? popularity and diffusion

Babahim is the 3,055,934th most prevalent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The surname Babahim is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Babahim live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Babahim is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 104,996. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 82 percent live, Inchiri Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Yemen, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babahin867/
Babaem771/
Babooim711/
Bhabahen671/
Bahabahen631/
Baibaayem631/
Babaen628/
Bavaem621/
Babeum621/
Babouin57125/
Baibaen5716/
Bobauim573/
Baybaen571/
Babhaen571/
Baubouin531/
Babaenova501/
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Babahim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Babahim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻫﻴﻢbabahym-

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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 Babahim
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