Chouaibou Surname
Approximately 379 people bear this surname
Chouaibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 299 | 1:69,462 | 8,730 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Benin | 15 | 1:689,040 | 39,432 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Chouaïbou (4) & Chouaîbou (2) are calculated separately.
Chouaibou (6,830) may also be a first name.
Chouaibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chouaibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chouaibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻌﻴﺐ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Chouaïbou or Chouaîbou. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouaibou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chouaibou is the 755,622nd most commonly held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,228,353 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chouaibou reside; 55 percent reside in Central Africa and 32 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,850th most commonly used forename throughout the world, borne by 6,830 people.
The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 69,462. In Cameroon Chouaibou is primarily concentrated in: Adamawa Region, where 51 percent live, Centre Region, where 14 percent live and West Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 13 percent live and Benin, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chouaibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chouaibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻌﻴﺐ | shyb | 56.14 |
| ﺷﻌﻴﺒﻮ | shybw | 42.11 |
| ﺷﻮﻋﻴﺒﻮ | shwybw | 1.75 |
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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 Chouaibou
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