Vabou Surname
Approximately 550 people bear this surname
Vabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 405 | 1:10,111 | 1,049 |
| Ivory Coast | 139 | 1:165,980 | 7,542 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Vabou (11) may also be a first name.
Vabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﺎﺑﻮ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vabou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,911th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,250,083 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Vabou live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.
The last name is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 405 people, or 1 in 10,111. In Mauritania it is most common in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 57 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 27 percent are found and Guidimagha Region, where 8 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﺎﺑﻮ | fabw | 98.15 |
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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 Vabou
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