Sheibou Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Sheibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
The alternate forms: Sheïbou (1) are calculated separately.
Sheibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sheibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sheibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻬﻴﺒﻮ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Sheïbou. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sheibou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Sheibou reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 90 percent reside. Without taking into account Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sheibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sheibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻬﻴﺒﻮ | ashybw | - |
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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 Sheibou
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