Bouam Surname
Approximately 2,830 people bear this surname
Bouam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,152 | 1:17,951 | 3,285 |
| Morocco | 613 | 1:56,242 | 9,319 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| France | 20 | 1:3,321,136 | 213,627 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Bouam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻢ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bouam.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouam? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 155,005th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 2,575,105 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouam are found; 98 percent are found in North Africa and 98 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 2,152 people, or 1 in 17,951. In Algeria Bouam is most numerous in: Batna Province, where 40 percent live, Tipasa Province, where 37 percent live and Aïn Defla Province, where 6 percent live. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 22 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻋﻢ | bwm | - |
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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 Bouam
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