Boudje Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Boudje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 137 | 1:151,599 | 16,647 |
| Niger | 94 | 1:204,170 | 6,863 |
| Mauritania | 45 | 1:90,997 | 5,761 |
| Ivory Coast | 31 | 1:744,233 | 20,430 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
The alternate forms: Boudjé (21) are calculated separately.
Boudje (254) may also be a first name.
Boudje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boudje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boudje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﻪ) is most common in Cameroon. It may also be found as a variant: Boudjé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boudje? popularity and diffusion
Boudje is the 868,551st most common surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Boudje reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Boudje is also the 559,024th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 254 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 151,599. In Cameroon Boudje is primarily concentrated in: East Region, where 90 percent reside, Far North Region, where 3 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 2 percent reside. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 30 percent reside and Mauritania, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boudje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boudje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 40 |
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 36.67 |
| ﺑﺠﻲ | bjy | 6.67 |
| ﺑﻮﺝ | bwj | 3.33 |
| ﺑﺪﻩ | bdh | 3.33 |
| ﺑﻮﺩﺝ | bwdj | 3.33 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﻪ | bwjh | 3.33 |
| ﺑﺠﺎ | bja | 3.33 |
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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 Boudje
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