Bõbõ

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Bõbõ is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 36K(measured from records)
  • BFBurkina Faso≈1 in 3.4K
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 7.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈56,000 people, est.

Sources
333 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Burkina Faso, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bobo in US United States, NG Nigeria, ZA South Africa and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Sources 3

  • The African book of names
  • Nordic Names
  • The book of African names

Attested across 16 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bõbõ counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bõbõ is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈56,000 est.≈1 in 25K—BoBo20
US United States—9,2541 in 36K9.3KBoBo333
BF Burkina Faso#548≈6,200 est.≈1 in 3.4K—BoBo3
NG Nigeria—≈4,500 est.≈1 in 48KlistedBoBo35
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈4,400 est.≈1 in 23K—BoBo9
CM Cameroon#696≈3,800 est.≈1 in 7.4K—BoBo8
DZ Algeria—≈3,500 est.≈1 in 12K—BoBo8
ZA South Africa—≈2,400 est.≈1 in 23K—BoBo29
SN Senegal#504≈230 est.≈1 in 69K1BoBo13

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Bõbõ under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Bõbõ have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 56 thousand people named Bõbõ in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled BoBo.
How common is the name Bõbõ?
In the United States, the national register counted 9,254 people named Bõbõ in 2010, about 1 in 36 thousand residents.
How common is Bõbõ compared with other names?
In Senegal, Bõbõ is the 504th most common surname of 3,622 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bõbõ” — the 504th most common surname in Senegal. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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