Boubah Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Boubah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Yemen | 83 | 1:318,377 | 9,898 |
| Mauritania | 36 | 1:113,746 | 6,801 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Boubah (15) may also be a first name.
Boubah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boubah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boubah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boubah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 726,304th most widely held family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. Boubah is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Boubah reside; 69 percent reside in North Africa and 69 percent reside in Mahgreb. Boubah is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
This surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Barring Morocco it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Yemen, where 21 percent are found and Mauritania, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boubah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boubah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ | bwbah | 87.5 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺎﺝ | bwbaj | 4.17 |
| ﺃﺑﻮﺑﺎﻩ | abwbah | 4.17 |
| ﺑﻮﺑﺢ | bwbh | 4.17 |
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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 Boubah
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