Bobo Surname
Approximately 53,598 people bear this surname
Bobo Surname Definition:
Bobo is a surname of the Bemba tribe, meaning: a person who talks too much.
Read More About This SurnameBobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,197 | 1:29,717 | 3,690 |
| Myanmar | 5,701 | 1:9,110 | 278 |
| Egypt | 4,363 | 1:21,072 | 2,435 |
| Cameroon | 3,614 | 1:5,747 | 698 |
| Zimbabwe | 2,652 | 1:5,821 | 608 |
| DR Congo | 2,435 | 1:30,341 | 3,806 |
| Nigeria | 2,160 | 1:82,011 | 5,801 |
| South Africa | 1,937 | 1:27,970 | 3,591 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,740 | 1:13,259 | 1,075 |
| Indonesia | 1,427 | 1:92,676 | 9,682 |
| Ethiopia | 1,288 | 1:75,735 | 7,282 |
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,193 | 1:25,864 | 3,689 |
| Algeria | 1,171 | 1:32,990 | 5,988 |
| France | 1,093 | 1:60,771 | 8,230 |
| Morocco | 954 | 1:36,138 | 5,814 |
| Zambia | 911 | 1:17,398 | 1,944 |
| Philippines | 851 | 1:118,964 | 20,508 |
| India | 641 | 1:1,196,670 | 48,078 |
| Haiti | 535 | 1:19,970 | 1,676 |
| Togo | 525 | 1:13,805 | 3,854 |
| Papua New Guinea | 515 | 1:15,832 | 1,552 |
| Malawi | 366 | 1:46,774 | 6,615 |
| Tanzania | 287 | 1:184,466 | 15,981 |
| Vietnam | 287 | 1:322,809 | 1,181 |
| Benin | 261 | 1:39,600 | 5,089 |
| Congo | 256 | 1:19,489 | 2,275 |
| Russia | 254 | 1:567,414 | 50,766 |
| Spain | 241 | 1:193,992 | 13,410 |
| Liberia | 217 | 1:20,316 | 2,047 |
| Niger | 183 | 1:104,874 | 4,261 |
| Italy | 147 | 1:416,032 | 45,827 |
| Israel | 118 | 1:72,522 | 8,891 |
| England | 102 | 1:546,255 | 33,762 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| Marshall Islands | 82 | 1:632 | 133 |
| Argentina | 76 | 1:562,413 | 40,543 |
| Iraq | 73 | 1:479,749 | 8,022 |
| Canada | 65 | 1:566,855 | 47,218 |
| Tajikistan | 63 | 1:133,122 | 1,576 |
| Belgium | 60 | 1:191,611 | 25,371 |
| Singapore | 60 | 1:91,795 | 3,674 |
| Uzbekistan | 60 | 1:515,486 | 11,776 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Pakistan | 54 | 1:3,308,220 | 25,711 |
| Albania | 50 | 1:58,281 | 7,203 |
| Mauritania | 44 | 1:93,065 | 5,851 |
| Latvia | 42 | 1:48,811 | 7,408 |
| Lesotho | 40 | 1:50,814 | 7,910 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Thailand | 38 | 1:1,858,904 | 228,660 |
| Solomon Islands | 34 | 1:17,060 | 3,300 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Mongolia | 32 | 1:88,290 | 6,105 |
| Germany | 30 | 1:2,683,515 | 132,064 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Netherlands | 28 | 1:603,113 | 52,179 |
| Uganda | 26 | 1:1,501,511 | 54,973 |
| Mozambique | 25 | 1:1,090,463 | 1,880 |
| Colombia | 24 | 1:1,990,586 | 12,178 |
| Kazakhstan | 24 | 1:736,771 | 48,237 |
| Palestine | 22 | 1:206,766 | 9,351 |
| Hong Kong | 20 | 1:366,774 | 3,169 |
| Syria | 20 | 1:965,051 | 6,626 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| Australia | 13 | 1:2,076,592 | 93,242 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Croatia | 11 | 1:384,419 | 33,360 |
| Jordan | 11 | 1:803,858 | 14,945 |
| Romania | 11 | 1:1,825,261 | 53,941 |
| East Timor | 9 | 1:135,103 | 179 |
| Georgia | 9 | 1:416,172 | 16,412 |
| Guinea | 9 | 1:1,314,869 | 1,461 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Armenia | 8 | 1:366,272 | 7,804 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Poland | 8 | 1:4,751,094 | 138,864 |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 1:1,378,446 | 18,562 |
| Moldova | 7 | 1:508,767 | 32,975 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 1:762,350 | 73,078 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Cambodia | 4 | 1:3,871,786 | 9,580 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Kiribati | 4 | 1:28,352 | 669 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 4 | 1:44,356 | 2,027 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Anguilla | 2 | 1:6,718 | 471 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,647 | 1:30,491 | 3,679 |
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.
User-submitted Reference
(Spanish) The Bobo surname originates from a nickname for a 'speech impediment' or 'stammer'.
- warhol.teletubbyThe surname Bobo means 'father' in Kurdish.
- benax21Bobo Demographics
Average Bobo Salary in
United States
$39,814 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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
Bobo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bobo in the Georgian language | ||
| ბობო | bobo | - |
| Bobo in the Hindi language | ||
| बोबो | bobo | - |
| Bobo in the Marathi language | ||
| बोबो | bobo | - |
| Bobo in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦོ་སྦོ། | bobo | 76.92 |
| བོ་བོ་ | bowo | 15.38 |
| བོ་བོ། | bowo | 7.69 |
| Bobo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﻮ | bwbw | 60 |
| ﺑﻮﺏ | bwb | 40 |
| Bobo in the Russian language | ||
| Бобо | bobo | - |
| Bobo in the Arabic language | ||
| بأبو | babw | - |
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