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
The last name Cheibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺒﻮ) is found most in Niger. It can also appear as a variant: Cheïbou. Click here for other possible spellings of Cheibou.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheibou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheibou is the 531,574th most commonly used last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 11,986,095 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheibou live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Chadic Africa. Cheibou is also the 490,671st most widely held first name worldwide, borne by 320 people.
It is most commonly used in Niger, where it is held by 430 people, or 1 in 44,633. In Niger it is mostly concentrated in: Tillabéri Region, where 25 percent live, Zinder Region, where 18 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 18 percent live. Other than Niger it 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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