Souibou Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Souibou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Souibou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon1431:145,23816,093
Benin41:2,583,90073,293
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051

Souibou (126) may also be a first name.

Souibou Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Souibou Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Souibou is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Souibou? popularity and diffusion

The last name Souibou is the 1,447,279th most commonly held family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 49,240,175 people. Souibou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Souibou are found; 61 percent are found in West Africa and 39 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Souibou is also the 829,183rd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 126 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 145,238. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: North Region, where 43 percent are found, Far North Region, where 24 percent are found and Centre Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Souibou
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