Kabou Surname
Approximately 2,682 people bear this surname
Kabou Surname User-submission:
Kabu is one of the many names given to a first male child amongst the Kabiawe clan of the Ga-Adangbe tribe of Ghana in West Africa. Kabu means 'big house'. The Ga-Adangbe tribe in modern times are settled on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the east of Ghana (Gold Coast), having emigrated from Nubia.
Read More About This SurnameKabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 764 | 1:19,083 | 511 |
| Algeria | 672 | 1:57,487 | 9,691 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Niger | 219 | 1:87,635 | 3,720 |
| Congo | 190 | 1:26,258 | 2,835 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Belgium | 75 | 1:153,289 | 21,368 |
| Benin | 57 | 1:181,326 | 17,693 |
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Burkina Faso | 18 | 1:1,019,561 | 10,177 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Kabou (3,359) may also be a first name.
Kabou Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Kabu is one of the many names given to a first male child amongst the Kabiawe clan of the Ga-Adangbe tribe of Ghana in West Africa. Kabu means 'big house'. The Ga-Adangbe tribe in modern times are settled on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea in the east of Ghana (Gold Coast), having emigrated from Nubia.
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Average Kabou Salary in
United States
$42,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﺑﻮ) is carried by more people in Senegal than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kabou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kabou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 162,212th most frequent family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,717,206 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kabou are found; 44 percent are found in North Africa and 44 percent are found in Mahgreb. Kabou is also the 123,075th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 3,359 people.
The last name Kabou is most commonly occurring in Senegal, where it is borne by 764 people, or 1 in 19,083. In Senegal it is primarily found in: Dakar Region, where 45 percent are found, Ziguinchor Region, where 28 percent are found and Thiès Region, where 9 percent are found. Barring Senegal this last name is found in 31 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent are found and Morocco, where 19 percent are found.
Kabou Last Name Statistics demography
Kabou earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.21% less than the national average, earning $42,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﺑﻮ | kabw | - |
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Footnotes
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