Bouaba Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Bouaba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bouaba (18) may also be a first name.
Bouaba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouaba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouaba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﻪ) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It can be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouaba? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bouaba is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Bouaba occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bouaba live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 60 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most widely held given name at a global level. It is borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 1,153,837. In Cameroon Bouaba is most common in: Littoral Region, where 61 percent reside, South Region, where 17 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 6 percent reside. Not including Cameroon Bouaba is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouaba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouaba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | - |
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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 Bouaba
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