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 carried by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boumou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boumou is the 1,589,322nd most numerous last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,933,952 people. Boumou occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Boumou reside; 48 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most prevalent first name internationally, held by 42 people.
This last name is most frequent in Niger, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 548,343. In Niger Boumou is primarily concentrated in: Zinder Region, where 71 percent live, Diffa Region, where 14 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 14 percent live. Apart from Niger it exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Algeria, where 21 percent live.
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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