Boualia Surname
Approximately 1,801 people bear this surname
Boualia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,602 | 1:24,115 | 4,392 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Boualia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boualia Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boualia (Arabic: بوعليا) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Boualia click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boualia? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boualia is the 225,618th most commonly used last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,046,389 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Boualia live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 1,602 people, or 1 in 24,115. In Algeria it is most common in: El Taref Province, where 28 percent live, Tlemcen Province, where 17 percent live and Chlef Province, where 15 percent live. Besides Algeria this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boualia Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boualia in the Arabic language | ||
| بوعليا | bwlya | - |
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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 Boualia
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