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
The surname Bouam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻢ) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouam? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouam is the 155,005th most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 2,575,105 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouam reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
It is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 2,152 people, or 1 in 17,951. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Batna Province, where 40 percent are found, Tipasa Province, where 37 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Algeria this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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