Bonabe Surname

664,903rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 451 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Bonabe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bonabe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon4121:50,4106,593
France211:3,162,987209,042
United States131:27,881,456736,413
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Bonabe (916) may also be a first name.

Bonabe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bonabe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bonabe is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bonabe.

How Common Is The Last Name Bonabe? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 664,903rd most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,158,638 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Bonabe are found; 50 percent are found in Central Africa and 38 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa. Bonabe is also the 267,824th most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 916 people.

It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 412 people, or 1 in 50,410. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Far North Region, where 45 percent are found, North Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Barring Cameroon Bonabe occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

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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 Bonabe
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