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 surname Boudjah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boudjah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boudjah is the 3,100,440th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Boudjah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boudjah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 104,996. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Brakna Region, where 41 percent live, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 23 percent live and Trarza Region, where 18 percent live. Besides Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Algeria, where 3 percent live.
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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