M'Bow Surname

429,827th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 802 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

M'Bow Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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M'Bow 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
Mauritania7591:5,395629
Ivory Coast351:659,17818,915
France41:16,605,680368,153
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Benin21:5,167,80184,334
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
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M'Bow Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name M'Bow Come From? nationality or country of origin

M'Bow (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻣﺒﻮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name M'Bow? popularity and diffusion

M'Bow is the 429,827th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 9,086,716 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of M'Bow reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 759 people, or 1 in 5,395. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 22 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 20 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent are found and France, where 0 percent are found.

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
M'Bowa911/
M'Bowe911/
M'Bouw911/
Mbow8932,001/
Mbowe808,402/
Mbowa804,028/
Mbouw8032/
M'Baw8019/
Mboew801/
Mbouwe73770/
M'Bawe7317/
M'Boob736/
Mbhowa731/
Mboowe731/
Mboywe731/
Mbhowe731/
M'Boub731/
Mbaw67590/
Mbob6715/
Mbov674/
Mbuw673/
Mbof672/
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M'Bow Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
M'Bow in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻣﺒﻮambw83.25
ﺃﻣﺒﻮambw14.21
ﺍﻣﺒﺎﻭambaw1.52
ﺁﻣﺒﻮambw1.02

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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
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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 M'Bow
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