Bowba Surname
Approximately 2,643 people bear this surname
Bowba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2,642 | 1:1,550 | 196 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
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
Bowba (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowba? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bowba is the 164,185th most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,757,301 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowba live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Bowba is also the 191,097th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 1,630 people.
Bowba is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 2,642 people, or 1 in 1,550. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 17 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 17 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Niger, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowbah | 91 | 34 | / |
| Bouwba | 91 | 11 | / |
| Bowbat | 91 | 7 | / |
| Bowbatt | 83 | 35 | / |
| Bobba | 80 | 8,795 | / |
| Bowbe | 80 | 1,111 | / |
| Bewba | 80 | 828 | / |
| Bawba | 80 | 36 | / |
| Bowbi | 80 | 13 | / |
| Bowby | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bovba | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bowbé | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bowbo | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bouwbatt | 77 | 3 | / |
| Bobbaa | 73 | 78 | / |
| Bovbas | 73 | 66 | / |
| Boubba | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bobbha | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bobbay | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bobbai | 73 | 5 | / |
| Bhobba | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bewbah | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bowboi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Bowbou | 73 | 3 | / |
| Boubva | 73 | 3 | / |
| Boibba | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bobbah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bohwbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bobbau | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowboy | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouvba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boobba | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouwbe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowber | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowbeer | 67 | 130 | / |
| Bawbaya | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bojbbaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bowbhey | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouwbou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boubhva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boubbah | 67 | 1 | / |
Bowba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bowba in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺏ | bwb | 66.3 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | 31.74 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎ | bwba | 1.28 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺔ | bwbt | 0.34 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ | bwbah | 0.09 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻮ | bwbw | 0.09 |
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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
- 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 Bowba
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