Bougeja Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Bougeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bougeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bougeja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺠﻪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougeja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most numerous family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Bougeja occurs mostly in Africa, where 40 percent of Bougeja are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Bougeja is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougeja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougeja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺠﻪ | bwkjh | 50 |
| ﺑﻜﺠﻪ | bkjh | 50 |
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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 Bougeja
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