Bouamou Surname

1,658,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 120 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bouamou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouamou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania1081:37,9152,975
Guinea111:1,075,8021,333
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422

Bouamou Last Name Facts

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

Bouamou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﻢ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouamou? popularity and diffusion

Bouamou is the 1,658,108th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. Bouamou is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouamou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.

Bouamou is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 37,915. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 39 percent reside, Adrar Region, where 35 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bouamou Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouamou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻋﻢbwm81.25
ﺑﻮﻋﻤﻮbwmw15.63
ﺑﻌﻤﻮbmw3.13

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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 Bouamou
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