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 found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be found as: Boïbou. Click here to see other potential spellings of Boibou.
How Common Is The Last Name Boibou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 536,820th most commonly used family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 12,145,910 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boibou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Boibou is also the 1,911,214th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 598 people, or 1 in 6,848. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Guidimagha Region, where 25 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 24 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent reside. Other than Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also found 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
- 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 Boibou
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