Guebou Surname
Approximately 178 people bear this surname
Guebou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 122 | 1:170,238 | 18,185 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| Benin | 11 | 1:939,600 | 46,216 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Guebou (19) may also be a first name.
Guebou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guebou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guebou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺒﻮ) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guebou? popularity and diffusion
Guebou is the 1,281,391st most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 40,941,269 people. Guebou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Guebou reside; 53 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 122 people, or 1 in 170,238. In Cameroon Guebou is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 40 percent live, Adamawa Region, where 21 percent live and Littoral Region, where 16 percent live. Outside of Cameroon Guebou occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 24 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guebou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guebou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺒﻮ | kbw | 83.33 |
| ﻛﺐ | kb | 16.67 |
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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 Guebou
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