Bouah Surname
Approximately 1,004 people bear this surname
Bouah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 574 | 1:40,194 | 2,604 |
| South Africa | 228 | 1:237,622 | 24,428 |
| India | 99 | 1:7,748,135 | 165,146 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Iraq | 16 | 1:2,188,853 | 19,343 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
Bouah (374) may also be a first name.
Bouah Demographics
Bouah Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Bouah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouah (Arabic: بواه) is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 360,616th most commonly occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,258,512 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 53 percent of Bouah reside; 28 percent reside in West Africa and 24 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 448,725th most widely held forename worldwide, borne by 374 people.
This last name is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 574 people, or 1 in 40,194. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 53 percent reside, Comoé District, where 12 percent reside and Bas-Sassandra District, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name exists in 16 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 23 percent reside and India, where 10 percent reside.
Bouah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
The amount Bouah earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 65.88% more than the national average, earning R 394,188 per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouah in the Arabic language | ||
| بواه | bwah | - |
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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
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- 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 Bouah
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