Bakabe Surname
Approximately 1,189 people bear this surname
Bakabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 822 | 1:23,348 | 1,407 |
| Nigeria | 112 | 1:1,581,632 | 59,341 |
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 1:174,782 | 4,105 |
| Cameroon | 80 | 1:259,613 | 25,186 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Benin | 20 | 1:516,780 | 33,864 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Bakabé (1) are calculated separately.
Bakabe (114) may also be a first name.
Bakabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakabe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﺏ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Bakabé. Click here for other potential spellings of Bakabe.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakabe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 315,551st most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 6,129,139 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bakabe live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 877,214th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 114 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is borne by 822 people, or 1 in 23,348. In Niger Bakabe is mostly concentrated in: Dosso Region, where 61 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 16 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 10 percent are found. Beside Niger Bakabe is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakabe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﺏ | bkab | - |
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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 Bakabe
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