Bobo Surname

10,489th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53,598 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Marshall Islands

Bobo Surname Definition:

Bobo is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a person who talks too much.

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Bobo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States12,1971:29,7173,690
Myanmar5,7011:9,110278
Egypt4,3631:21,0722,435
Cameroon3,6141:5,747698
Zimbabwe2,6521:5,821608
DR Congo2,4351:30,3413,806
Nigeria2,1601:82,0115,801
South Africa1,9371:27,9703,591
Ivory Coast1,7401:13,2591,075
Indonesia1,4271:92,6769,682
Ethiopia1,2881:75,7357,282
Ghana1,2471:21,6692,663
Saudi Arabia1,1931:25,8643,689
Algeria1,1711:32,9905,988
France1,0931:60,7718,230
Morocco9541:36,1385,814
Zambia9111:17,3981,944
Philippines8511:118,96420,508
India6411:1,196,67048,078
Haiti5351:19,9701,676
Togo5251:13,8053,854
Papua New Guinea5151:15,8321,552
Malawi3661:46,7746,615
Tanzania2871:184,46615,981
Vietnam2871:322,8091,181
Benin2611:39,6005,089
Congo2561:19,4892,275
Russia2541:567,41450,766
Spain2411:193,99213,410
Liberia2171:20,3162,047
Niger1831:104,8744,261
Italy1471:416,03245,827
Israel1181:72,5228,891
England1021:546,25533,762
Brazil971:2,206,95268,831
Marshall Islands821:632133
Argentina761:562,41340,543
Iraq731:479,7498,022
Canada651:566,85547,218
Tajikistan631:133,1221,576
Belgium601:191,61125,371
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Uzbekistan601:515,48611,776
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Pakistan541:3,308,22025,711
Albania501:58,2817,203
Mauritania441:93,0655,851
Latvia421:48,8117,408
Lesotho401:50,8147,910
Botswana391:56,07510,323
Thailand381:1,858,904228,660
Solomon Islands341:17,0603,300
United Arab Emirates331:277,64519,302
Mongolia321:88,2906,105
Germany301:2,683,515132,064
Malaysia291:1,017,04245,504
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Mozambique251:1,090,4631,880
Colombia241:1,990,58612,178
Kazakhstan241:736,77148,237
Palestine221:206,7669,351
Hong Kong201:366,7743,169
Syria201:965,0516,626
Iran181:4,265,696111,937
Angola161:1,686,8263,823
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Burkina Faso151:1,223,47311,207
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Belarus131:730,85159,297
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Croatia111:384,41933,360
Jordan111:803,85814,945
Romania111:1,825,26153,941
East Timor91:135,103179
Georgia91:416,17216,412
Guinea91:1,314,8691,461
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
Armenia81:366,2727,804
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Azerbaijan71:1,378,44618,562
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Taiwan71:3,349,24920,155
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Kyrgyzstan61:995,44257,680
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Cambodia41:3,871,7869,580
Central African Republic41:1,128,848387
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
China41:341,830,39216,990
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Fiji41:223,5982,635
Gabon41:472,2983,618
Kiribati41:28,352669
Macau41:150,408604
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
São Tomé and Príncipe41:44,3562,027
Senegal41:3,644,8366,064
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Serbia31:2,381,64930,913
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Anguilla21:6,718471
Bahamas21:195,8761,708
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Lithuania21:1,517,29435,813
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Montenegro21:319,7827,691
Trinidad and Tobago21:681,98817,017
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Equatorial Guinea11:1,135,674984
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Guam11:160,1214,893
Guinea-Bissau11:1,728,021323
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malta11:430,2723,380
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
San Marino11:33,214932
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6471:30,4913,679

The alternate forms: Bobó (2), Bobô (2), Bobò (1), Bôbô (17), Bóbó (5) & Böbo (1) are calculated separately.

Bobo (93,789) may also be a first name.

Bobo Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Bobo is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a person who talks too much.

The Names of Zambia (2019) by Simboma Mubita Lukama

User-submitted Reference

(Spanish) The Bobo surname originates from a nickname for a 'speech impediment' or 'stammer'.

- warhol.teletubby

The surname Bobo means 'father' in Kurdish.

- benax21

Bobo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bobo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bobo (Arabic: بأبو, Georgian: ბობო, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﻮ, Hindi: बोबो, Marathi: बोबो, Russian: Бобо, Tibetan: སྦོ་སྦོ།) is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Bobó, Bobô, Bobò, Bôbô, Bóbó or Böbo. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bobo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 10,489th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 135,967 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 49 percent of Bobo live; 21 percent live in North America and 21 percent live in Anglo-North America. Bobo is also the 10,788th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 93,789 people.

The surname Bobo is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 12,197 people, or 1 in 29,717. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 9 percent are found, Tennessee, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this surname occurs in 156 countries. It is also found in Myanmar, where 11 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.

Bobo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Bobo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 741 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Bobo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Muslim (75%) in Russia and Christian (79%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those bearing the Bobo surname are 36.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 89.77% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Bobo earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 48.8% less than the national average, earning €15,376 per year; in South Africa they earn 48.67% less than the national average, earning R 121,980 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.55% less than the national average, earning $19,626,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 7.73% less than the national average, earning $39,814 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.84% less than the national average, earning $40,325 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bobó922/
Bobô922/
Bobò921/
Bobos892,915/
Boboy891,639/
Bobot89799/
Boboi89786/
Bobou89401/
Boboo89193/
Boboh89153/
Boubo89134/
Boobo8998/
Boibo8973/
Bobod8967/
Bhobo8964/
Boboa8964/
Boboș8936/
Boboş8934/
Bobuo8918/
Bohbo8918/
Boboň8918/
Bosbo8916/
Bobop8911/
Bobho894/
Boboz892/
Boebo890/
Bôbô8317/
Bóbó835/
Böbo831/
Boubou8017,069/
Bosbos803,283/
Bhobho802,706/
Boyboy801,034/
Boibou80600/
Boiboi80221/
Boboss80154/
Bohboh80119/
Bobosh8095/
Booboo8071/
Bobojć8063/
Boybou8060/
Boïbou8050/
Bobouh8036/
Bosboi8026/
Bobout8022/
Bobood8017/
Boboch8014/
Bobois8014/
Bousbo809/
Botbot808/
Bouboh807/
Buobou807/
Boboșa805/
Bojboi805/
Boijbo803/
Bhoboo802/
Bobboh802/
Boboha802/
Boboit801/
Boubot801/
Boiboy801/
Bobhot801/
Bobhoy801/
Hboboh801/
Bobosz801/
Bobott801/
Boboït801/
Bobuoy801/
Bouboa801/
Bouboo801/
Bosbou801/
Bohboi801/
Bobgoh801/
Bhobot801/
Bosbot801/
Boboos801/
Boboyd801/
Boboçë801/
Bobots800/
Wobo7560,056/
Boba7512,750/
Bovo759,577/
Bowo754,244/
Vobo75112/
Uobo759/
Boubouh73945/
Boubout73806/
Bouboud73140/
Bouhbou73138/
Bosbous7356/
Boubott7329/
Bohbout7327/
Bochbot7323/
Bobouch7313/
Boboutt7311/
Boboits737/
Bouhbot735/
Bouybou732/
Boeïbou732/
Bobosch732/
Bousbot732/
Boubgou731/
Boubous731/
Boobhoo731/
Boibouh731/
Bobouth731/
Bousboo731/
Bousbou731/
Bossboi731/
Bouba67194,033/
Baboo6738,027/
Bobga672,115/
Bobat671,655/
Beboo671,490/
Bouboutt67997/
Bobas67497/
Bouhbouh67364/
Boiwo67343/
Boiba67295/
Boshbosh67275/
Bobáľ67217/
Bobaš67211/
Bojba67188/
Bobad67180/
Boubouch67171/
Bavoo67165/
Bobaľová67154/
Mpobo67143/
Bobaa67139/
Bobah67126/
Bobáňová67122/
Bobáľová67115/
Bobaz67111/
Bhowo67103/
Bovoa6790/
Waboo6789/
Bobaľ6783/
Bompo6774/
Vaboo6770/
Boova6766/
Bovos6760/
Booba6753/
Woboh6752/
Bobau6749/
Bobáň6749/
Boeba6746/
Bobaç6745/
Bhoba6742/
Bovoy6740/
Boboňová6730/
Wobou6727/
Bovoo6726/
Voboh6724/
Bowou6722/
Bowho6721/
Buovo6718/
Bosba6718/
Bouyboud6717/
Bousbous6717/
Boowa6714/
Bosvo6712/
Bouwo6712/
Bobós6712/
Boïba6711/
Bohbouth6710/
Boutbout6710/
Buotbuot6710/
Bovou6710/
Bowoh679/
Voobo677/
Boyba676/
Bowoy676/
Bouhbout676/
Bobha675/
Bonpo675/
Boywo675/
Bowoi675/
Buowo675/
Boovo675/
Bobaňová675/
Bohba675/
Bowoo674/
Bobáĺ674/
Bothboth674/
Wobos673/
Bosuo673/
Boïwo673/
Bouboudh672/
Woboa672/
Bovot672/
Bowod672/
Boyuo672/
Woboi672/
Bobáĺová672/
Bovoh672/
Boubã672/
Boswo671/
Bowoa671/
Bowop671/
Bowos671/
Booboush671/
Booua671/
Bohbouch671/
Buoba671/
Uobot671/
Voboa671/
Woobo671/
Wobuo671/
Boisbois671/
Bobóš671/
Bobaľova671/
Bobeu671/
Buosbuos671/
Botba671/
Bovoi671/
Boîwo671/
Bhovo671/
Bawoo671/
Bouvo671/

Bobo Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bobo in the Georgian language
ბობოbobo-
Bobo in the Hindi language
बोबोbobo-
Bobo in the Marathi language
बोबोbobo-
Bobo in the Tibetan language
སྦོ་སྦོ།bobo76.92
བོ་བོ་bowo15.38
བོ་བོ།bowo7.69
Bobo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺑﻮbwbw60
ﺑﻮﺏbwb40
Bobo in the Russian language
Бобоbobo-
Bobo in the Arabic language
بأبوbabw-

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