Bowbe Surname
Approximately 1,111 people bear this surname
Bowbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1,111 | 1:3,686 | 449 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Bowbé (1) are calculated separately.
Bowbe (364) may also be a first name.
Bowbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bowbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bowbe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺏ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant: Bowbé. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bowbe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bowbe is the 332,755th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,559,447 people. The surname Bowbe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowbe are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 456,229th most frequently held given name in the world. It is borne by 364 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 1,111 people, or 1 in 3,686. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 19 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 18 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bowbe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bowbe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺏ | bwb | 73.2 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﻪ | bwbh | 25 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺔ | bwbt | 0.68 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎ | bwba | 0.23 |
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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 Bowbe
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