Bouala Surname
Approximately 470 people bear this surname
Bouala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 422 | 1:11,823 | 1,550 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bouala (99) may also be a first name.
Bouala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouala Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouala (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻞ) occurs more in The Congo more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouala? popularity and diffusion
It is the 645,032nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,505,417 people. Bouala is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bouala reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bouala is also the 951,070th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 99 people.
The last name Bouala is most frequent in The Congo, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 11,823. In The Congo Bouala is primarily found in: Brazzaville Department, where 49 percent are found, Pointe-Noire Department, where 48 percent are found and Cuvette-Ouest Department, where 3 percent are found. Excluding The Congo it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouala in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻋﻞ | bwl | - |
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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 Bouala
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