Boo Surname
Approximately 14,695 people bear this surname
Boo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 3,980 | 1:7,411 | 902 | 
| United States | 1,407 | 1:257,611 | 24,361 | 
| Spain | 1,251 | 1:37,372 | 3,698 | 
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 | 
| Egypt | 915 | 1:100,476 | 8,511 | 
| Singapore | 719 | 1:7,660 | 447 | 
| India | 558 | 1:1,374,669 | 53,103 | 
| Philippines | 500 | 1:202,476 | 31,874 | 
| Thailand | 353 | 1:200,109 | 33,123 | 
| Argentina | 269 | 1:158,897 | 13,379 | 
| United Arab Emirates | 266 | 1:34,445 | 3,670 | 
| Sweden | 264 | 1:37,298 | 2,998 | 
| England | 229 | 1:243,310 | 19,878 | 
| France | 214 | 1:310,387 | 47,306 | 
| Indonesia | 200 | 1:661,246 | 51,715 | 
| Australia | 198 | 1:136,342 | 14,722 | 
| Nigeria | 188 | 1:942,249 | 40,456 | 
| Taiwan | 180 | 1:130,249 | 1,188 | 
| Mexico | 158 | 1:785,609 | 11,559 | 
| Hong Kong | 155 | 1:47,326 | 847 | 
| Iran | 121 | 1:634,566 | 34,558 | 
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 | 
| Japan | 114 | 1:1,121,441 | 21,240 | 
| Switzerland | 112 | 1:73,330 | 8,666 | 
| Papua New Guinea | 109 | 1:74,805 | 9,807 | 
| Canada | 89 | 1:413,995 | 36,402 | 
| Qatar | 78 | 1:30,231 | 3,215 | 
| Cameroon | 75 | 1:276,921 | 26,437 | 
| China | 51 | 1:26,810,227 | 1,454 | 
| South Korea | 51 | 1:1,004,711 | 313 | 
| Netherlands | 47 | 1:359,302 | 39,900 | 
| Pakistan | 46 | 1:3,883,563 | 28,150 | 
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 | 
| Germany | 28 | 1:2,875,195 | 137,699 | 
| Liberia | 26 | 1:169,559 | 11,793 | 
| Vietnam | 21 | 1:4,411,717 | 2,377 | 
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 | 
| Belize | 18 | 1:19,749 | 1,760 | 
| Barbados | 16 | 1:17,966 | 1,009 | 
| Uruguay | 15 | 1:228,784 | 17,372 | 
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 | 
| Bahamas | 11 | 1:35,614 | 795 | 
| Scotland | 11 | 1:486,711 | 19,179 | 
| Tanzania | 11 | 1:4,812,874 | 55,358 | 
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 | 
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 | 
| Colombia | 9 | 1:5,308,230 | 18,838 | 
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 | 
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 | 
| Jamaica | 8 | 1:358,743 | 8,527 | 
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 | 
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 | 
| Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 1:194,854 | 9,403 | 
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 | 
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 | 
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 | 
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 | 
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 | 
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 | 
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 | 
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 | 
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 | 
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 | 
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 | 
| Lithuania | 4 | 1:758,647 | 25,175 | 
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 | 
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 | 
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 | 
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 | 
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 | 
| Saint Lucia | 4 | 1:44,695 | 2,207 | 
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 | 
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 | 
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 | 
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 | 
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 | 
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 | 
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 | 
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 | 
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 | 
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 | 
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 | 
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 | 
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 | 
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 | 
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 | 
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 | 
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 | 
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 | 
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 | 
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 | 
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 | 
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 | 
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 | 
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 | 
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 | 
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 | 
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 | 
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 | 
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 | 
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 | 
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 | 
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 | 
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 | 
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 | 
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 | 
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 | 
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 | 
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 | 
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 | 
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 | 
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 | 
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 | 
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 | 
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 | 
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 | 
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 | 
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 | 
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 | 
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 | 
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 | 
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 | 
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 | 
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area | 
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86 | 1:583,938 | 39,464 | 
Boo (8,961) may also be a first name.
Boo Demographics
Average Male Boo Height
175.63 cm
Average Female Boo Height
161.77 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Boo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boo (Arabic: بوو) occurs most in Malaysia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 35,909th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 495,920 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Boo are found; 39 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 28 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 65,900th most widespread first name on earth, held by 8,961 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is carried by 3,980 people, or 1 in 7,411. In Malaysia Boo is most frequent in: Johor, where 37 percent are found, Selangor, where 20 percent are found and Penang, where 17 percent are found. Besides Malaysia this surname is found in 121 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent are found and Spain, where 9 percent are found.
Boo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 1,636 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 5,725 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is principally Orthodox (89%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States Boo are 8.02% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.79% being registered with the political party.
The amount Boo earn in different countries varies significantly. In Colombia they earn 23.38% more than the national average, earning $28,010,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.91% less than the national average, earning $41,032 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.49% more than the national average, earning $53,404 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Boos | 86 | 22,084 | / | 
| Boot | 86 | 10,686 | / | 
| Booy | 86 | 3,272 | / | 
| Booz | 86 | 1,993 | / | 
| Bood | 86 | 1,183 | / | 
| Booe | 86 | 1,177 | / | 
| Boop | 86 | 929 | / | 
| Booß | 86 | 89 | / | 
| Bhoo | 86 | 21 | / | 
| Booa | 86 | 9 | / | 
| Booj | 86 | 3 | / | 
| Booï | 86 | 1 | / | 
| Bo | 80 | 643,752 | / | 
| Boots | 75 | 7,749 | / | 
| Booij | 75 | 2,432 | / | 
| Boost | 75 | 1,114 | / | 
| Booys | 75 | 904 | / | 
| Bhoot | 75 | 837 | / | 
| Boosh | 75 | 403 | / | 
| Boodt | 75 | 291 | / | 
| Booch | 75 | 261 | / | 
| Boosz | 75 | 114 | / | 
| Boott | 75 | 70 | / | 
| Booss | 75 | 63 | / | 
| Bhoop | 75 | 57 | / | 
| Boodh | 75 | 49 | / | 
| Bhooj | 75 | 47 | / | 
| Boojh | 75 | 24 | / | 
| Booie | 75 | 23 | / | 
| Bhood | 75 | 11 | / | 
| Boocz | 75 | 8 | / | 
| Booph | 75 | 7 | / | 
| Boods | 75 | 5 | / | 
| Bhoos | 75 | 4 | / | 
| Booyt | 75 | 4 | / | 
| Boohs | 75 | 3 | / | 
| Bootd | 75 | 3 | / | 
| Booyd | 75 | 2 | / | 
| Boozz | 75 | 2 | / | 
| Hboos | 75 | 2 | / | 
| Boopp | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Boosd | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Booyh | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Bhooa | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Booee | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Booiy | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Boodd | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Bootp | 75 | 1 | / | 
| Boozs | 75 | 0 | / | 
| Boohy | 75 | 0 | / | 
| Boy | 67 | 90,441 | / | 
| Bos | 67 | 71,004 | / | 
| Woo | 67 | 55,593 | / | 
| Boz | 67 | 47,958 | / | 
| Boa | 67 | 44,552 | / | 
| Bou | 67 | 36,734 | / | 
| Boi | 67 | 23,460 | / | 
| Bot | 67 | 22,803 | / | 
| Boe | 67 | 16,154 | / | 
| Bop | 67 | 10,381 | / | 
| Boh | 67 | 9,483 | / | 
| Voo | 67 | 5,347 | / | 
| Buo | 67 | 3,826 | / | 
| Boj | 67 | 3,809 | / | 
| Bho | 67 | 2,758 | / | 
| Bod | 67 | 1,959 | / | 
| Boß | 67 | 1,361 | / | 
| Boodts | 67 | 419 | / | 
| Boğ | 67 | 171 | / | 
| Boyowa | 67 | 149 | / | 
| Boï | 67 | 114 | / | 
| Bohova | 67 | 100 | / | 
| Boţ | 67 | 94 | / | 
| Bojowa | 67 | 82 | / | 
| Booths | 67 | 71 | / | 
| Bojová | 67 | 55 | / | 
| Bgo | 67 | 50 | / | 
| Boyova | 67 | 46 | / | 
| Beehoo | 67 | 40 | / | 
| Bohová | 67 | 37 | / | 
| Boț | 67 | 36 | / | 
| Boš | 67 | 23 | / | 
| Bhoohe | 67 | 21 | / | 
| Boś | 67 | 18 | / | 
| Boosch | 67 | 12 | / | 
| Hbo | 67 | 10 | / | 
| Åbo | 67 | 10 | / | 
| Boî | 67 | 10 | / | 
| Boë | 67 | 8 | / | 
| Boľová | 67 | 8 | / | 
| Boňová | 67 | 8 | / | 
| Bhooee | 67 | 8 | / | 
| Bojova | 67 | 7 | / | 
| Boodth | 67 | 6 | / | 
| Bảo | 67 | 5 | / | 
| Boć | 67 | 5 | / | 
| Bhoosh | 67 | 4 | / | 
| Bhooth | 67 | 4 | / | 
| Boș | 67 | 4 | / | 
| Boá | 67 | 3 | / | 
| Bão | 67 | 3 | / | 
| Bootht | 67 | 2 | / | 
| Bootss | 67 | 2 | / | 
| Boottz | 67 | 2 | / | 
| Bopowa | 67 | 2 | / | 
| Buohoo | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boojje | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boothz | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Bootth | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Booyhe | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Bootch | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boå | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boù | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boÿ | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boľova | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boȗ | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Boç | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Bouova | 67 | 1 | / | 
| Bootts | 67 | 0 | / | 
| Geeboo | 67 | 0 | / | 
Boo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence | 
|---|---|---|
| Boo in the Arabic language | ||
| بوو | bww | - | 
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Footnotes
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