Bougo Surname
Approximately 320 people bear this surname
Bougo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 154 | 1:134,864 | 15,121 |
| Benin | 69 | 1:149,791 | 15,556 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Bougo (258) may also be a first name.
Bougo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bougo (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of Bougo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougo? popularity and diffusion
Bougo is the 853,416th most numerous surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,773,581 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Bougo reside; 41 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bougo is also the 554,411th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 258 people.
The surname Bougo is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 154 people, or 1 in 134,864. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 47 percent are found, West Region, where 19 percent are found and Far North Region, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 22 percent are found and France, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougo Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougo in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮ | bwkw | - |
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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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- 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 Bougo
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