Bouame Surname
Approximately 1,192 people bear this surname
Bouame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Ivory Coast | 131 | 1:176,116 | 7,859 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bouame (540) may also be a first name.
Bouame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouame Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouame (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻢ) is found in Togo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bouame click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouame? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 314,885th most numerous surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 6,113,713 people. The last name Bouame occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouame reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 362,702nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 540 people.
It is most frequent in Togo, where it is held by 1,050 people, or 1 in 6,903. Besides Togo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 11 percent are found and Benin, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouame 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
- 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 Bouame
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