Bowba Surname

164,185th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,643 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bowba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania2,6421:1,550196
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bowba (1,630) may also be a first name.

Bowba Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bowba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowba? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 164,185th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,757,301 people. The surname Bowba occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowba reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 191,097th most commonly used first name at a global level It is held by 1,630 people.

The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2,642 people, or 1 in 1,550. In Mauritania Bowba is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 13 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowbah9134/
Bouwba9111/
Bowbat917/
Bowbatt8335/
Bobba808,795/
Bowbe801,111/
Bewba80828/
Bawba8036/
Bowbi8013/
Bowby803/
Bovba802/
Bowbé801/
Bowbo800/
Bouwbatt773/
Bobbaa7378/
Bovbas7366/
Boubba7312/
Bobbha735/
Bobbay735/
Bobbai735/
Bhobba734/
Bewbah734/
Bowboi734/
Bowbou733/
Boubva733/
Boibba732/
Bobbah731/
Bohwbe731/
Bobbau731/
Bowboy731/
Bouvba731/
Boobba731/
Bouwbe731/
Bowber731/
Bowbeer67130/
Bawbaya674/
Bojbbaa671/
Bowbhey671/
Bouwbou671/
Boubhva671/
Boubbah671/

Bowba Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺏbwb66.3
ﺑﻮﺑﻪbwbh31.74
ﺑﻮﺑﺎbwba1.28
ﺑﻮﺑﺔbwbt0.34
ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩbwbah0.09
ﺑﻮﺑﻮbwbw0.09

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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 Bowba
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