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
The last name Bougah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻩ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougah? popularity and diffusion
Bougah is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Bougah is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bougah reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania Bougah is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 60 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 20 percent reside and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 20 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Bougah is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and Central African Republic, where 13 percent reside.
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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