Tabou Surname
Approximately 2,417 people bear this surname
Tabou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 514 | 1:37,551 | 2,287 |
| Cameroon | 477 | 1:43,541 | 5,757 |
| Iraq | 393 | 1:89,114 | 2,799 |
| Benin | 386 | 1:26,776 | 3,565 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Lebanon | 127 | 1:44,386 | 3,888 |
| Algeria | 94 | 1:410,974 | 34,699 |
| Niger | 58 | 1:330,897 | 9,684 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Tabou (622) may also be a first name.
Tabou Demographics
Tabou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Tabou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tabou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Tabou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺗﺎﺑﻮ) occurs most in Syria. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Tabou? popularity and diffusion
The last name Tabou is the 177,014th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,015,120 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Tabou reside; 43 percent reside in West Asia and 43 percent reside in Levant. Tabou is also the 334,261st most common given name at a global level. It is borne by 622 people.
It is most commonly held in Syria, where it is borne by 514 people, or 1 in 37,551. In Syria it is mostly concentrated in: Aleppo Governorate, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Syria it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 20 percent reside and Iraq, where 16 percent reside.
Tabou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Sunni (99%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Tabou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tabou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺗﺎﺑﻮ | tabw | 55 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺑﻮ | altabw | 15 |
| ﺍﻟﺘﺎﺏ | altab | 10 |
| ﻃﺒﻮ | tbw | 5 |
| ﺗﺎﺑﻮﻩ | tabwh | 5 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﺏ | atab | 5 |
| ﺗﺎﺏ | tab | 5 |
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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 Tabou
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