Bontaba Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Burkina Faso
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso

Bontaba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bontaba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Burkina Faso51:3,670,42019,318
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bontaba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bontaba is found in Burkina Faso more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bontaba? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Bontaba is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bontaba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 3,670,420. In Burkina Faso Bontaba is most common in: Centre Region, where 100 percent live. Outside of Burkina Faso this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bointaba9320/
Bountaba931/
Bantaba86506/
Bonteba868/
Boimtaba8036/
Bantabaa801/
Bantaiba801/
Bontouba801/
Bontavad801/
Bantabhai751/
Bantawa71273/
Wantaba7139/
Banteba7127/
Bontova715/
Bantava712/
Bontebo711/
Bontowa711/
Bantabi711/
Bontave711/
Bantabe711/
Bontavee676/
Bantavas675/
Vontaube674/
Bantawas673/
Bantavad671/
Bhantabe671/
Bontampi671/
Bontowas671/
Bantabos671/
Bantavay671/
Banteeba671/
Bantouba671/

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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 Bontaba
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