Bawba Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Bawba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bawba (44) may also be a first name.
Bawba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bawba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bawba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bawba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bawba is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name on earth, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Bawba is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bawba live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,525,482nd most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 44 people.
Bawba is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 120,437. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 32 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 26 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bawbaya | 83 | 4 | / |
| Babba | 80 | 11,728 | / |
| Bowba | 80 | 2,643 | / |
| Bewba | 80 | 828 | / |
| Bawbe | 80 | 15 | / |
| Babva | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bawby | 80 | 1 | / |
| Babbea | 73 | 95 | / |
| Baabba | 73 | 80 | / |
| Bowbah | 73 | 34 | / |
| Babbai | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bouwba | 73 | 11 | / |
| Baibba | 73 | 10 | / |
| Bavbas | 73 | 10 | / |
| Bowbat | 73 | 7 | / |
| Babbay | 73 | 6 | / |
| Babbaa | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bewbah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Baybba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bahbba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Baabva | 73 | 1 | / |
| Babbha | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bawbey | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bowbatt | 67 | 35 | / |
| Babbhai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baabbah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bawbish | 67 | 1 | / |
Bawba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bawba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺏ | bwb | 60 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | 40 |
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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 Bawba
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