Bougah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Bougah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Bougah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bougah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻩ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly used last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name Bougah occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bougah live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 60 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 20 percent are found. Beside Mauritania it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 13 percent are found and Central African Republic, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻩ | bwkah | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻩ | bkah | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻘﺎﻩ | bqah | 16.67 |
| ﺑﻐﺎﻩ | bghah | 16.67 |
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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 Bougah
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