Babalao Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Babalao Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Babalao Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin2151:48,0736,085
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Babalao (15) may also be a first name.

Babalao Last Name Facts

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

The last name Babalao is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Babalao? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,098,270th most frequently occurring surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 32,679,578 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Babalao reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Babalao is also the 2,900,335th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 15 people.

This surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 215 people, or 1 in 48,073. In Benin Babalao is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 46 percent reside, Zou Department, where 16 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 12 percent reside. Besides Benin this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 2 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Babalaho9313/
Babalahou881/
Babaloa8676/
Babaloha804/
Bawalaou801/
Babaalaaya713/
Babalahaya711/
Baboloa5722/
Bovolao571/
Vavaloa571/
Babouloua501/

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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 Babalao
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