Bouarf Surname
Approximately 142 people bear this surname
Bouarf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bouarf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouarf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouarf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻑ) is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Bouarf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouarf? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouarf is the 1,484,726th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 51,320,746 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouarf live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Barring Morocco this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 3 percent are found and Algeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouarf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouarf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻑ | bwrf | - |
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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 Bouarf
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