Dabou Surname
Approximately 14,098 people bear this surname
Dabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 7,809 | 1:2,173 | 192 |
| Burkina Faso | 4,724 | 1:3,885 | 477 |
| Algeria | 556 | 1:69,481 | 11,331 |
| Cameroon | 303 | 1:68,545 | 8,621 |
| Ivory Coast | 231 | 1:99,875 | 5,190 |
| Mauritania | 156 | 1:26,249 | 2,244 |
| Niger | 122 | 1:157,312 | 5,693 |
| Benin | 84 | 1:123,043 | 13,434 |
| France | 44 | 1:1,509,607 | 143,950 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Dabou (1,466) may also be a first name.
Dabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺩﺍﺑﻮ) is found most frequently in Mali. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dabou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 37,343rd most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 516,921 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Dabou reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Mande Africa. Dabou is also the 203,459th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 1,466 people.
The surname is most frequent in Mali, where it is carried by 7,809 people, or 1 in 2,173. Besides Mali Dabou occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 34 percent are found and Algeria, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺩﺍﺑﻮ | dabw | 84.21 |
| ﺩﺍﺏ | dab | 12.28 |
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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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- 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 Dabou
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