Bouchafa Surname
Approximately 1,376 people bear this surname
Bouchafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,337 | 1:28,894 | 5,270 |
| France | 23 | 1:2,887,944 | 200,772 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Bouchafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouchafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouchafa has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouchafa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 280,606th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,296,182 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Bouchafa live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Mahgreb.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 1,337 people, or 1 in 28,894. In Algeria it is most numerous in: Jijel Province, where 29 percent live, Algiers Province, where 27 percent live and Bouïra Province, where 27 percent live. Apart from Algeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in France, where 2 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouchafaa | 94 | 244 | / |
| Bouchaffa | 94 | 4 | / |
| Bouchafea | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bouchaafa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Bouchhafa | 94 | 1 | / |
| Boukhafa | 88 | 4 | / |
| Boucahfa | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouchafi | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouchafer | 82 | 193 | / |
| Boukhaffa | 82 | 136 | / |
| Boukhaifa | 82 | 6 | / |
| Bouchoufa | 82 | 6 | / |
| Bouzhaifa | 82 | 1 | / |
| Bousafa | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bochafi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouzafa | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buchafe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouzaffa | 75 | 488 | / |
| Boussafa | 75 | 215 | / |
| Bouzaafa | 75 | 5 | / |
| Boucoufa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boushofa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bouzeafa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buchhofa | 75 | 0 | / |
| Boutchouffa | 74 | 1 | / |
| Boussahfa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Bosafa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Boussaffa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Boukhoufa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bojafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouchoufi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boshafeah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Busafa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukhaifi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bousofa | 67 | 171 | / |
| Bashafa | 67 | 38 | / |
| Bukhafi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vachafa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Busaffa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauzafa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauchaffer | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bachafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bojaifa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bouchafa
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