Bowbi Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bowbi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bowbi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania131:314,98913,616
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151

Bowbi (164) may also be a first name.

Bowbi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bowbi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﻲ, Hindi: बॉबी) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bowbi.

How Common Is The Last Name Bowbi? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 5,391,485th most frequently occurring family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Bowbi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bowbi reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 715,247th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 164 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 314,989. In Mauritania Bowbi is most common in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 92 percent are found and Trarza Region, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bowboi914/
Bowba802,643/
Bowbe801,111/
Bobbi80505/
Bowby803/
Bowbé801/
Bobboi731,736/
Bouwba7311/
Bobbai735/
Boubbi731/
Bohwbe731/
Bowboy731/
Bouwbe731/
Bowber731/
Bowbeer67130/
Boibbih671/
Bawbish671/
Bowbhey671/

Bowbi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bowbi in the Hindi language
बॉबीbobi-
Bowbi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺑﻲbwby66.67
ﺑﻮﺏbwb33.33

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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 Bowbi
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