Boueya Surname
Approximately 4,030 people bear this surname
Boueya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 3,975 | 1:1,255 | 191 |
| France | 46 | 1:1,443,972 | 140,296 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boueya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boueya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boueya occurs more in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boueya? popularity and diffusion
Boueya is the 114,684th most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 1,808,324 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boueya live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in The Congo, where it is carried by 3,975 people, or 1 in 1,255. In The Congo Boueya is mostly found in: Bouenza Department, where 29 percent reside, Niari Department, where 23 percent reside and Pointe-Noire Department, where 21 percent reside. Apart from The Congo this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent reside and Gabon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Boueya
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