Bouai Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Bouai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 90 | 1:90,597 | 12,060 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Bouai (357) may also be a first name.
Bouai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouai is found most in Papua New Guinea. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,701,480th most common family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 63,369,964 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Bouai reside; 78 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 78 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 461,021st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 357 people.
Bouai is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 90,597. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Bougainville, where 97 percent are found, Central, where 1 percent are found and Jiwaka, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea Bouai exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 8 percent are found and Niger, where 6 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
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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 Bouai
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