Bowb Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bowb Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Bowb Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania31:1,364,95427,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Bowb Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bowb Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bowb (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ) is found most in Mauritania. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowb? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowb live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa.

The last name Bowb is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 1,364,954. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Brakna Region, where 67 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bobb7511,369/
Bewb751/
Bowp751/
Buwb751/
Bobv751/
Boobb675/
Bowpp671/
Boubb671/
Babb5022,460/
Bubb505,284/
Bawp506/
Vabb505/
Babv501/
Vowv501/
Vawb501/
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Bowb Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowb in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺏbwb-

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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 Bowb
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