Boibou Surname
Approximately 600 people bear this surname
Boibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 598 | 1:6,848 | 770 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
The alternate forms: Boïbou (50) are calculated separately.
Boibou (30) may also be a first name.
Boibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻴﺒﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can also appear as: Boïbou. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boibou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boibou is the 536,820th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boibou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 30 people.
The surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 598 people, or 1 in 6,848. In Mauritania Boibou is most common in: Guidimagha Region, where 25 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻴﺒﻮ | abybw | 55.06 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺐ | abyb | 21.35 |
| ﺑﻴﺒﻮ | bybw | 8.99 |
| ﺃﺑﻴﺒﻮ | abybw | 7.3 |
| ﺑﻴﺐ | byb | 3.93 |
| ﺃﺑﻴﺐ | abyb | 2.25 |
| ﺍﺑﻴﺒﻪ | abybh | 0.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻴﺐ | albyb | 0.56 |
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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 Boibou
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