Bouafia Surname
Approximately 21,056 people bear this surname
Bouafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 19,350 | 1:1,996 | 211 |
| Morocco | 954 | 1:36,138 | 5,814 |
| France | 674 | 1:98,550 | 14,421 |
| Tunisia | 34 | 1:17,960 | 2,879 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| Spain | 13 | 1:3,596,310 | 69,669 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bouàfia (1) are calculated separately.
Bouafia (47) may also be a first name.
Bouafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouafia is most common in Algeria. It may occur as: Bouàfia. Click here for other possible spellings of Bouafia.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouafia? popularity and diffusion
It is the 25,600th most frequently used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 346,103 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouafia are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,467,136th most numerous first name on earth. It is borne by 47 people.
It is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 19,350 people, or 1 in 1,996. In Algeria Bouafia is mostly concentrated in: Constantine Province, where 11 percent are found, Mila Province, where 11 percent are found and Skikda Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 5 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Bouafia
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