Bougoum Surname
Approximately 4,203 people bear this surname
Bougoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 4,148 | 1:4,424 | 521 |
| Ivory Coast | 49 | 1:470,841 | 15,263 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bougoum (64) may also be a first name.
Bougoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bougoum occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 110,562nd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,733,891 people. Bougoum is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bougoum are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,223,525th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 64 people.
Bougoum is most commonly occurring in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 4,148 people, or 1 in 4,424. In Burkina Faso it is primarily found in: Centre-Ouest Region, where 47 percent reside, Nord Region, where 17 percent reside and Centre Region, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Burkina Faso this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Bougoum
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