Bouca Surname
Approximately 507 people bear this surname
Bouca Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 343 | 1:30,133 | 3,978 |
| Portugal | 75 | 1:138,910 | 6,177 |
| Brazil | 32 | 1:6,689,823 | 158,565 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bouça (419) are calculated separately.
Bouca (444) may also be a first name.
Bouca Demographics
Average Bouca Salary in
South Africa
R 115,680
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bouca Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouca Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouca (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎ) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Bouça. For other possible spellings of Bouca click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouca? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 609,992nd most widely held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 14,373,858 people. The surname Bouca occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Bouca live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bouca is also the 406,780th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 444 people.
The surname is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 343 people, or 1 in 30,133. In Benin Bouca is most prevalent in: Borgou Department, where 100 percent reside and Kouffo Department, where 0 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Portugal, where 15 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.
Bouca Last Name Statistics demography
Bouca earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 51.32% less than the national average, earning R 115,680 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouca Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouca in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎ | bwka | - |
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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 Bouca
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