Bouaraif Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Bouaraif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Bouaraif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouaraif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouaraif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻳﻒ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of Bouaraif click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouaraif? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,116,508th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouaraif live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Bouaraif is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 186,130. In Mauritania Bouaraif is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 86 percent live, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 9 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouarif | 93 | 1,336 | / |
| Bouaraf | 93 | 5 | / |
| Bouarraf | 88 | 171 | / |
| Bouareif | 88 | 31 | / |
| Bouasraf | 88 | 9 | / |
| Bouarrif | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouarife | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouharif | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouaraib | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouauraf | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouarab | 80 | 2,049 | / |
| Bouarib | 80 | 597 | / |
| Bouaref | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bouareiv | 75 | 10 | / |
| Bouaarab | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bouarouf | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bouharab | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouarrab | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bahourif | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouharouf | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bouaarouf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boejharaf | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buharib | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bouareb | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boharav | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bajoraf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouarev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boarref | 67 | 0 | / |
Bouaraif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouaraif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻳﻒ | bwryf | - |
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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 Bouaraif
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