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
The last name Boualia (Arabic: بوعليا) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boualia? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 225,618th most frequently held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,046,389 people. The last name Boualia occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boualia live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,602 people, or 1 in 24,115. In Algeria Boualia is primarily concentrated in: El Taref Province, where 28 percent are found, Tlemcen Province, where 17 percent are found and Chlef Province, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Algeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 9 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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