Boudiah Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Boudiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 41 | 1:99,875 | 6,187 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Boudiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boudiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boudiah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) is found most frequently in Mauritania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Boudiah.
How Common Is The Last Name Boudiah? popularity and diffusion
Boudiah is the 3,017,195th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boudiah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 99,875. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 61 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 27 percent reside and Adrar Region, where 5 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boudiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boudiah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 75 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﺎﻩ | bwjah | 18.75 |
| ﺑﺪﺍﻩ | bdah | 6.25 |
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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 Boudiah
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