Bohoum Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Bohoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Ivory Coast | 7 | 1:3,295,890 | 46,139 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bohoum (61) may also be a first name.
Bohoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bohoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bohoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻫﻢ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bohoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Bohoum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,100,440th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 85 percent of Bohoum reside; 85 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most common forename at a global level, borne by 61 people.
Bohoum is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 81 percent are found, Assaba Region, where 6 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 3 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bohoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bohoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻫﻢ | bwhm | 88.24 |
| ﺑﻮﻫﻮﻡ | bwhwm | 5.88 |
| ﺍﺑﻬﻢ | abhm | 5.88 |
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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 Bohoum
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