Bouanra Surname

591,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 527 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Bouanra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouanra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin5261:19,6492,630
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705

Bouanra (242) may also be a first name.

Bouanra Last Name Facts

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

Bouanra is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouanra? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bouanra is the 591,720th most frequent surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 13,828,360 people. Bouanra occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouanra live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 574,510th most commonly held forename at a global level It is held by 242 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 526 people, or 1 in 19,649. In Benin it is primarily found in: Borgou Department, where 87 percent are found, Atakora Department, where 10 percent are found and Alibori Department, where 2 percent are found. Besides Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Senegal, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouhanra933/
Boanra923/
Bouamra866,293/
Bouanri8611/
Bouanro861/
Bouanre861/
Bouhamra80205/
Bouaamra804/
Bouanrou802/
Bouhanri801/
Bouamrai801/
Bouamrah801/
Boamra771/
Bhohanray7533/
Bouhamrah751/
Bouamri711,704/
Buhamra7178/
Buyonra7151/
Bhaonra7142/
Bahonra715/
Bouamry712/
Wohanra711/
Uaonrat711/
Bauanri711/
Boanrou711/
Bouaamri67856/
Bouhamri67184/
Bojhanri6711/
Buhamrah675/
Bouamres671/
Bhohanriy633/
Bhuiyanri633/
Bohanrith630/
Buyonro5722/
Bhaonro571/
Bahonri571/
Bahonre571/
Bejjanri531/
Uoonrach531/
Booonrid531/
Wohonrath501/

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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 Bouanra
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