Gebou Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Gebou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Gebou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gebou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gebou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﻮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Gebou.
How Common Is The Last Name Gebou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Gebou is the 5,587,209th most common surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. Gebou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gebou are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 58 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Gebou is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania Gebou occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 25 percent live and Niger, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gebou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gebou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺒﻮ | kbw | - |
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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 Gebou
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