Bougafa Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Sweden

Bougafa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bougafa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria31:12,877,18484,902
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bougafa (23) may also be a first name.

Bougafa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bougafa Come From? nationality or country of origin

Bougafa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻔﻪ) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bougafa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Bougafa live; 43 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,239,265th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 23 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 12,877,184. Without taking into account Algeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 43 percent reside and Sweden, where 14 percent reside.

Bougafa Last Name Statistics demography

Bougafa earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 66.01% less than the national average, earning $14,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bougatfa9321/
Bougaffa9314/
Boughafa936/
Bougofa861/
Bougoufa802,083/
Bougoffa801,315/
Bougafer8011/
Bougafou801/
Bagafa7740/
Bogafo7728/
Bogofa771/
Bougouffa751,567/
Bouggoffa75254/
Boughoufa7515/
Bouggoufa752/
Boughafer751/
Bongofa7196/
Bogoufa712/
Bongafi711/
Bogoffa711/
Bouggouffa711/
Boughouffa711/
Bagoufa711/
Bogaufi711/
Bougoufe679/
Bougoufo675/
Boughoufaia671/
Bangoufa671/
Bongafoh671/
Bougoufi671/
Bougoffi671/
Bongoufa671/

Bougafa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bougafa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻛﻔﻪbwkfh-

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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 Bougafa
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