Bouarif Surname

287,362nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,336 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Algeria

Bouarif Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouarif Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria8971:43,0687,624
Morocco4091:84,29414,399
France201:3,321,136213,627
Spain61:7,792,006100,283
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bouarif Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bouarif occurs in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bouarif.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouarif? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 287,362nd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 5,454,750 people. The last name Bouarif is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bouarif live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.

Bouarif is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 897 people, or 1 in 43,068. In Algeria Bouarif is most prevalent in: Chlef Province, where 31 percent reside, Médéa Province, where 27 percent reside and Tiaret Province, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Algeria this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 31 percent reside and France, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouareif9331/
Bouaraif9323/
Bouarrif931/
Bouarife931/
Bouharif931/
Bouarib86597/
Bouaref865/
Bouareiv8010/
Bahourif801/
Bouaraib801/
Buharib717/
Bouarev711/
Bouareb711/
Boarref710/
Bouhareb6712/
Buhariev673/
Baiyarif671/
Buharev5718/
Boharev574/
Buhareva5313/
Bohareva538/
Voharaib534/
Buhoriev531/
Bhaiyariv501/

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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 Bouarif
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