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 may also occur in the variant forms: Bakabé. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakabe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 315,551st most prevalent surname in the world, held by around 1 in 6,129,139 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bakabe live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Chadic Africa. Bakabe is also the 877,214th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 114 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 822 people, or 1 in 23,348. In Niger Bakabe is most frequent in: Dosso Region, where 61 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 16 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 10 percent are found. Without taking into account Niger this last name occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs 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
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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 Bakabe
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