Boumou Surname
Approximately 128 people bear this surname
Boumou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 35 | 1:548,343 | 14,024 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 1:649,033 | 48,340 |
| Algeria | 27 | 1:1,430,798 | 42,881 |
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Boumou (42) may also be a first name.
Boumou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boumou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boumou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻣﻮ) is found most frequently in Niger. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Boumou.
How Common Is The Last Name Boumou? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,589,322nd most widespread surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Boumou live; 48 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 42 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Niger, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 548,343. In Niger it is mostly found in: Zinder Region, where 71 percent are found, Diffa Region, where 14 percent are found and Tahoua Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Niger it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Algeria, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boumou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boumou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻣﻮ | bwmw | 50 |
| ﺑﻢ | bm | 50 |
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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 Boumou
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