Fabou Surname
Approximately 292 people bear this surname
Fabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 203 | 1:102,311 | 12,070 |
| Mauritania | 43 | 1:95,229 | 5,961 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Fabou (2,114) may also be a first name.
Fabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﺑﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fabou? popularity and diffusion
Fabou is the 910,497th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 24,957,349 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fabou reside; 70 percent reside in Central Africa and 70 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Fabou is also the 163,517th most widespread given name internationally, held by 2,114 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 102,311. In Cameroon Fabou is most common in: Littoral Region, where 41 percent are found, Centre Region, where 32 percent are found and West Region, where 15 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 15 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Fabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Fabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﺑﻮ | fabw | - |
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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 Fabou
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