Souaibou Surname
Approximately 20,719 people bear this surname
Souaibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 18,672 | 1:1,112 | 89 |
| Chad | 867 | 1:15,677 | 1,955 |
| Benin | 532 | 1:19,428 | 2,600 |
| Niger | 338 | 1:56,781 | 2,756 |
| Burkina Faso | 303 | 1:60,568 | 2,472 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Souaïbou (1,183) & Souaîbou (25) are calculated separately.
Souaibou (9,546) may also be a first name.
Souaibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souaibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Souaibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻌﻴﺒﻮ) is found most in Cameroon. It can also be found in the variant forms: Souaïbou or Souaîbou. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souaibou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 25,981st most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 351,733 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Souaibou are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 63,227th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 9,546 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 18,672 people, or 1 in 1,112. In Cameroon Souaibou is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 52 percent are found, Far North Region, where 18 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 16 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 4 percent are found and Benin, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Souaibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Souaibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻌﻴﺒﻮ | sybw | 33.33 |
| ﺷﻌﻴﺒﻮ | shybw | 33.33 |
| ﺷﻌﻴﺐ | shyb | 33.33 |
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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 Souaibou
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