Bubai

Name: Bubai: recorded bearers, distribution and rank
Creator: Mondonomo
Published: 2026-10-10

given name · Latin script

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

Bubai is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common

BHBahrain≈1 in 139K(inferred from the name graph)
KWKuwait≈1 in 740K
NGNigeria≈1 in 7.9M

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

: Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
Sources: 55 (measured from records)
: ≈1 in 139K (inferred from the name graph)

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

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

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bubai 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 Bubai is recorded, by country
Country				Most common spelling	Sources
NG Nigeria	≈27 est.	≈1 in 7.9M	—	Bubai	6
BH Bahrain	≈11 est.	≈1 in 139K	—	Bubai	2
US United States	≈10 est.	≈1 in 34M	—	Bubai	18
KW Kuwait	≈4 est.	≈1 in 740K	—	Bubai	3
IN India	—	—	3	Bubai	55

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: naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bubai is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group
Most recorded in India
Also written Búbàï

25 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Bubai 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

Is Bubai a male or female name?: Bubai is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Bubai have the most bearers?: Mondonomo estimates about 27 people named Bubai in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bubai.
How common is the name Bubai?: Mondonomo estimates about 27 people in Nigeria have Bubai as their first given name, about 1 in 7.9 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bubai

The same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.

About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of 2026-10-10 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, “Bubai”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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