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 last name Bouam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻢ) is most common in Algeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouam? popularity and diffusion
Bouam is the 155,005th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,575,105 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouam live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 2,152 people, or 1 in 17,951. In Algeria Bouam is most prevalent in: Batna Province, where 40 percent are found, Tipasa Province, where 37 percent are found and Aïn Defla Province, where 6 percent are found. Beside Algeria this last name exists 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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