Boughe Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Boughe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 26 | 1:157,495 | 8,595 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Boughé (14) are calculated separately.
Boughe Demographics
Boughe Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Boughe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boughe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boughe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻰ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Boughé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boughe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,808,717th most frequent surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 151,823,873 people. The last name Boughe is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Boughe are found; 60 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 157,495. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Assaba Region, where 88 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 8 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 4 percent are found. Besides Mauritania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Lebanon, where 6 percent are found.
Boughe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boughe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boughe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻰ | bwky | 40 |
| ﺑﻖ | bq | 26.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻕ | bwq | 13.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 13.33 |
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 6.67 |
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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 Boughe
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