Boubai Surname
Approximately 638 people bear this surname
Boubai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 339 | 1:522,545 | 25,784 |
| Cameroon | 292 | 1:71,127 | 8,925 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Boubaï (2) are calculated separately.
Boubai (35) may also be a first name.
Boubai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boubai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boubai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Boubaï. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boubai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boubai is the 512,152nd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. Boubai is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boubai reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boubai is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
The surname Boubai is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 71 percent are found, Delta, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 46 percent are found and Benin, where 0 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
- 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 Boubai
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