Boua Surname
Approximately 21,956 people bear this surname
Boua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 16,369 | 1:1,409 | 142 |
| Burkina Faso | 3,028 | 1:6,061 | 660 |
| Morocco | 920 | 1:37,474 | 6,047 |
| Cameroon | 390 | 1:53,254 | 6,936 |
| Kiribati | 171 | 1:663 | 250 |
| France | 164 | 1:405,017 | 59,459 |
| Portugal | 160 | 1:65,114 | 3,431 |
| Congo | 149 | 1:33,484 | 3,295 |
| Greece | 137 | 1:80,874 | 13,663 |
| Niger | 103 | 1:186,330 | 6,455 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| Iraq | 68 | 1:515,024 | 8,412 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| United States | 27 | 1:13,424,405 | 494,117 |
| Benin | 19 | 1:543,979 | 34,804 |
| Algeria | 15 | 1:2,575,437 | 44,639 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Laos | 4 | 1:1,647,081 | 888 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Central African Republic | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 387 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Boua (8,740) may also be a first name.
Boua Demographics
Average Boua Salary in
United States
$63,892 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻩ, Hindi: बोउआ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boua? popularity and diffusion
Boua is the 24,602nd most frequently used family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,916 people. Boua occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Boua live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 67,022nd most prevalent given name internationally. It is borne by 8,740 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 16,369 people, or 1 in 1,409. In The Ivory Coast Boua is most frequent in: Sassandra-Marahoué District, where 27 percent are found, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 23 percent are found and Comoé District, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 49 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.
Boua Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boua has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Boua surname grew 386 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boua Last Name Statistics demography
Boua earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 48.07% more than the national average, earning $63,892 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boua in the Hindi language | ||
| बोउआ | bo'u'a | 50 |
| बोउा | boua | 50 |
| Boua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻩ | bwh | 42.11 |
| ﺑﻮﺍ | bwa | 31.58 |
| ﺑﻮ | bw | 10.53 |
| ﺍﺑﻮ | abw | 5.26 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﻩ | abwh | 5.26 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺍ | abwa | 5.26 |
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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 Boua
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