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 surname Boubai is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Boubaï. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boubai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boubai is the 512,152nd most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 11,422,486 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boubai live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Boubai is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 35 people.
This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 339 people, or 1 in 522,545. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 71 percent live, Delta, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Not including Nigeria Boubai exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 46 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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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