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 has its highest incidence in Papua New Guinea. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,701,480th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 78 percent of Bouai live; 78 percent live in Oceania Islands and 78 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Bouai is also the 461,021st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 357 people.
This surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 90 people, or 1 in 90,597. In Papua New Guinea Bouai is primarily found in: Bougainville, where 97 percent reside, Central, where 1 percent reside and Jiwaka, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 8 percent reside and Niger, where 6 percent reside.
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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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