Baoua Surname
Approximately 1,901 people bear this surname
Baoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,616 | 1:11,876 | 864 |
| Ivory Coast | 88 | 1:262,173 | 10,293 |
| Algeria | 61 | 1:633,304 | 39,663 |
| Burkina Faso | 60 | 1:305,868 | 5,402 |
| Benin | 54 | 1:191,400 | 18,375 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Comoros | 4 | 1:187,381 | 421 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Baoua (453) may also be a first name.
Baoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baoua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮﺓ, Marathi: बापू) is found in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 215,983rd most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,833,533 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Baoua reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 401,726th most commonly used forename in the world, borne by 453 people.
The surname Baoua is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 1,616 people, or 1 in 11,876. In Niger Baoua is primarily found in: Maradi Region, where 38 percent live, Dosso Region, where 21 percent live and Niamey Capital District, where 17 percent live. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live and Algeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Baoua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Baoua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻮﺓ | abwt | - |
| Baoua in the Marathi language | ||
| बापू | bapu | - |
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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 Baoua
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