El Bou Surname

236,297th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,701 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Bou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Bou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1,1661:3,512425
Morocco5111:67,46811,380
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Iran51:15,356,505213,424
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

El Bou (1,393) may also be a first name.

El Bou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Bou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Bou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺐ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Bou? popularity and diffusion

It is the 236,297th most widespread family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 4,284,272 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El Bou are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 209,590th most frequently used first name globally, held by 1,393 people.

El Bou is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 1,166 people, or 1 in 3,512. In Mauritania it is most common in: Trarza Region, where 17 percent reside, Hodh Chargui Region, where 16 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside. Other than Mauritania it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 30 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Bouj92375/
El Bouz92314/
El Bouh92267/
El Bout9229/
El Boud926/
El Bous925/
El Bu91549/
El Bo91176/
El Bouhy861,188/
El Bouch86737/
El Boutt8649/
El Bouss8629/
El Bouji8616/
El Bouya8612/
El Bouth862/
El Bud83275/
El Buz83244/
El Boz83171/
El Bos835/
El-Bou832/
El Boa831/
El Buo831/
El Bayoud802/
El Bohy77245/
El Boss7712/
El Wouz779/
El Bush777/
El Booz774/
El-Bouh771/
El Boyo771/
El Boit771/
El Boos771/
El Bouiech751/
El Ba735/
El-Bouhy7112/
El-Bouch718/
El Bosch711/
El Baz6718,540/
El Bey672,582/
El Bah67970/
El Bay67429/
El Bha67427/
El Baa67208/
El Bai6714/
El Uaa674/
El Baj672/
El-Buy671/
El Bej671/
El Béy671/
El Bee671/
El Vos671/
El Bas671/
El Bat671/
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El Bou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Bou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺐalb46.81
ﺍﻟﺒﻮalbw39.92
ﺃﻟﺐalb8.76
ﺃﻟﺒﻮalbw3.5
ﺍﻟﻠﺐallb0.25
ﺍﻟﺒﻮﻩalbwh0.25
ﺁﻟﻴﻮalyw0.13
ﺍﺃﻟﺐaalb0.13
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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 El Bou
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