Bouarf Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Bouarf Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bouarf Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1361:253,50142,794
Mauritania41:1,023,71625,172
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
France11:66,422,722504,397

Bouarf Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bouarf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻑ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouarf? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,484,726th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name Bouarf occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bouarf live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb.

The last name is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 253,501. Other than Morocco it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 3 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouaurf927/
Bouarfe922/
Bouharfe861/
Bouarb833/
Bouharb77396/
Bouorff771/
Bahourf771/
Bouhairb711/
Buharb676/
Bauarb671/
Bohorf671/
Beearw501/
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Bouarf Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouarf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻋﺮﻑbwrf-

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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 Bouarf
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