Bobah Surname
Approximately 126 people bear this surname
Bobah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bobah (27) may also be a first name.
Bobah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bobah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bobah (Arabic: بوبيه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bobah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,604,449th most frequently used last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 57,837,666 people. The last name Bobah is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Bobah live; 37 percent live in Central Africa and 37 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bobah is also the 2,036,353rd most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 423,859. In Cameroon Bobah is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 92 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 4 percent live and Littoral Region, where 2 percent live. Not including Cameroon this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in India, where 17 percent live and Nigeria, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bobah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bobah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ | bwbah | 71.43 |
| ﺑﺒﺎﻩ | bbah | 28.57 |
| Bobah in the Arabic language | ||
| بوبيه | bwbyh | - |
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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 Bobah
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