Bougua Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Bougua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Bougua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bougua (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻪ) is more commonly found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougua? popularity and diffusion
Bougua is the 4,532,898th most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. Bougua is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bougua reside; 79 percent reside in West Africa and 47 percent reside in Chadic Africa.
The surname is most frequently used in Niger, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 2,132,446. In Niger Bougua is most frequent in: Tahoua Region, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Niger this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 32 percent reside and Cameroon, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougua in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 42.86 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 28.57 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻪ | bwkh | 14.29 |
| ﺑﻜﺎ | bka | 14.29 |
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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 Bougua
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