Bouamame Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bouamame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouamame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
France11:66,422,722504,397
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Bouamame Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bouamame Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bouamame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﻣﻪ) is most common in Mauritania. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouamame? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most widely held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Bouamame occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Bouamame reside; 44 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 1,023,716. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 25 percent live and Inchiri Region, where 25 percent live. Other than Mauritania it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 22 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bouamame Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouamame in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﻣﻪbwmamh60
ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﻣﺔbwmamt20
ﺑﻮﻋﻤﺎﻡbwmam20

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bouamame
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