Boana Surname
Approximately 476 people bear this surname
Boana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 172 | 1:386,179 | 57,106 |
| Romania | 107 | 1:187,644 | 19,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63 | 1:129,424 | 17,695 |
| Cameroon | 40 | 1:519,227 | 41,500 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 8 | 1:196,052 | 7,186 |
The alternate forms: Boană (1) are calculated separately.
Boana (102) may also be a first name.
Boana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boana (Arabic: بواينا) occurs in France more than any other country or territory. It may occur as: Boană. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 639,219th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Boana live; 29 percent live in East Africa and 29 percent live in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. Boana is also the 935,178th most widespread forename on earth. It is borne by 102 people.
The last name Boana is most commonly used in France, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 386,179. In France it is most frequent in: Mayotte, where 80 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent reside and Occitanie, where 5 percent reside. Aside from France this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also common in Romania, where 22 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boana in the Arabic language | ||
| بواينا | bwayna | - |
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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 Boana
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