Bubou Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Bubou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Bubou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bubou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bubou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﻮ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bubou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bubou is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 202,431,831 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bubou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Bubou is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Bubou is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bubou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bubou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﻮ | bwbw | - |
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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 Bubou
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