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 occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bombou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 404,308th most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 8,405,474 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bombou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Chadic Africa. Bombou is also the 873,022nd most commonly used given name throughout the world, borne by 115 people.
The last name Bombou is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 836 people, or 1 in 22,957. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 91 percent reside, Niamey Capital District, where 6 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Niger Bombou exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 2 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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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