Cheibou Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Cheibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 430 | 1:44,633 | 2,318 |
| Cameroon | 96 | 1:216,344 | 21,934 |
| Mauritania | 72 | 1:56,873 | 4,043 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
The alternate forms: Cheïbou (5) are calculated separately.
Cheibou (320) may also be a first name.
Cheibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺒﻮ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Cheïbou. Click here for other possible spellings of Cheibou.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheibou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 531,574th most frequently held family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheibou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 83 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Cheibou is also the 490,671st most frequent first name on earth, held by 320 people.
It is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 44,633. In Niger Cheibou is most numerous in: Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent live, Zinder Region, where 18 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Niger Cheibou occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent live and Mauritania, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺒﻮ | shybw | 50 |
| ﺷﻴﺐ | shyb | 34.78 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﺒﻮ | ashybw | 6.52 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﺐ | ashyb | 6.52 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺐ | alshyb | 2.17 |
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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 Cheibou
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