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 last name Boana (Arabic: بواينا) has its highest incidence in France. It may also be found in the variant forms: Boană. Click here for other potential spellings of Boana.
How Common Is The Last Name Boana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boana is the 639,219th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,309,970 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Boana reside; 29 percent reside in East Africa and 29 percent reside in Afro-Islamic Indian Ocean. It is also the 935,178th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 102 people.
The last name Boana is most widespread in France, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 386,179. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Mayotte, where 80 percent live, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 6 percent live and Occitanie, where 5 percent live. Aside from France this last name occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boana in the Arabic language | ||
| بواينا | bwayna | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis