Bombou Surname
Approximately 867 people bear this surname
Bombou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 836 | 1:22,957 | 1,387 |
| Benin | 21 | 1:492,172 | 32,947 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bombou (115) may also be a first name.
Bombou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bombou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bombou is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bombou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bombou is the 404,308th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,405,474 people. The surname Bombou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bombou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Bombou is also the 873,022nd most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 115 people.
This surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is carried by 836 people, or 1 in 22,957. In Niger it is most common in: Tillabéri Region, where 91 percent live, Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent live and Agadez Region, where 2 percent live. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 2 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Bombou
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