Bouba Surname
Approximately 194,033 people bear this surname
Bouba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 154,936 | 1:134 | 2 |
| Chad | 20,220 | 1:672 | 91 |
| Niger | 11,955 | 1:1,605 | 190 |
| Benin | 2,873 | 1:3,597 | 452 |
| Congo | 1,112 | 1:4,487 | 728 |
| Mauritania | 990 | 1:4,136 | 494 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Algeria | 444 | 1:87,008 | 13,405 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| France | 184 | 1:360,993 | 53,985 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Burkina Faso | 61 | 1:300,854 | 5,356 |
| Ivory Coast | 56 | 1:411,986 | 13,976 |
| Central African Republic | 36 | 1:125,428 | 35 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Senegal | 10 | 1:1,457,934 | 3,873 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Libya | 9 | 1:693,775 | 1,982 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
The alternate forms: Boubã (2) are calculated separately.
Bouba (96,896) may also be a first name.
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Bouba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ, Marathi: बौबा) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as: Boubã. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bouba.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouba? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,895th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 37,558 people. The surname Bouba is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouba are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Bouba is also the 10,480th most frequent forename internationally, held by 96,896 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 154,936 people, or 1 in 134. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Far North Region, where 46 percent are found, North Region, where 35 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 8 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Bouba is found in 50 countries. It also occurs in Chad, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 6 percent are found.
Bouba Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bouba last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
Bouba earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.54% less than the national average, earning $34,719 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouba in the Marathi language | ||
| बौबा | bauba | - |
| Bouba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺏ | bwb | 62.59 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | 27.66 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎ | bwba | 6.8 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺑﺎ | abwba | 0.23 |
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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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- 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 Bouba
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