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
Chouaibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻌﻴﺐ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Chouaïbou or Chouaîbou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chouaibou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 755,622nd most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 19,228,353 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chouaibou live; 55 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,850th most common first name throughout the world, held by 6,830 people.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 299 people, or 1 in 69,462. In Cameroon Chouaibou is primarily found in: Adamawa Region, where 51 percent live, Centre Region, where 14 percent live and West Region, where 13 percent live. Not including Cameroon this last name is found 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
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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 Chouaibou
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