Boudjah Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Boudjah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 39 | 1:104,996 | 6,429 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Boudjah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boudjah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boudjah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boudjah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,100,440th most prevalent surname globally, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boudjah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Boudjah is most common in Mauritania, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 104,996. In Mauritania Boudjah is most frequent in: Brakna Region, where 41 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 23 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 18 percent reside. Not including Mauritania it exists in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boudjah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boudjah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 80 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﺎﻩ | bwjah | 15 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﻴﻪ | bwjyh | 5 |
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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 Boudjah
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