Bouarfa Surname

63,882nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,838 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Bouarfa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouarfa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria4,3591:8,8621,531
Morocco3,2381:10,6471,509
Spain941:497,36225,035
France771:862,633101,453
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Maldives11:404,1727,269

The alternate forms: Bouârfa (1) are calculated separately.

Bouarfa (886) may also be a first name.

Bouarfa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouarfa occurs more in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Bouârfa. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouarfa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 63,882nd most commonly used surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 929,771 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouarfa are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Mahgreb. Bouarfa is also the 273,104th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 886 people.

The last name Bouarfa is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 4,359 people, or 1 in 8,862. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Sidi Bel Abbès Province, where 32 percent are found, Tlemcen Province, where 21 percent are found and Saïda Province, where 12 percent are found. Beside Algeria it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 41 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

Bouarfa Last Name Statistics demography

Bouarfa earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.14% less than the national average, earning $38,775 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouârfa951/
Bouaarfa93138/
Bouharfa931/
Bouarfai931/
Boarfa9228/
Bouarfi864/
Boharfa864/
Bouarfe862/
Bouharfe801/
Bouhorfa801/
Bajorfi579/

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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 Bouarfa
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