Bougou Surname
Approximately 417 people bear this surname
Bougou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 221 | 1:93,978 | 11,213 |
| Niger | 77 | 1:249,247 | 7,915 |
| Greece | 65 | 1:170,458 | 27,584 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Bougou (1,403) may also be a first name.
Bougou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bougou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bougou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 704,927th most commonly held surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 17,476,129 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Bougou are found; 52 percent are found in Central Africa and 49 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bougou is also the 208,697th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 1,403 people.
The surname Bougou is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 93,978. In Cameroon Bougou is most common in: Centre Region, where 74 percent live, Littoral Region, where 12 percent live and South Region, where 6 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 18 percent live and Greece, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougou 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
- 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 Bougou
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