Abouja Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Abouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Abouja (12) may also be a first name.
Abouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abouja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻮﺟﺎ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abouja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Abouja reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 12 people.
The last name Abouja is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Abouja is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 88 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 6 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 28 percent reside and Iran, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Abouja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Abouja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻮﺟﺎ | abwja | 50 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺝ | abwj | 12.5 |
| ﺃﺑﻮﺟﻪ | abwjh | 12.5 |
| ﺃﺑﻮﺟﺎ | abwja | 12.5 |
| ﺁﺑﻮﺟﻪ | abwjh | 12.5 |
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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
- 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 Abouja
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