Bougue Surname
Approximately 696 people bear this surname
Bougue Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 251 | 1:264,632 | 40,776 |
| Cameroon | 234 | 1:88,757 | 10,694 |
| Benin | 113 | 1:91,466 | 10,568 |
| Mauritania | 75 | 1:54,598 | 3,928 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Bougue (557) may also be a first name.
Bougue Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bougue Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bougue (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻪ) is more frequently found in France than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bougue? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 479,498th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 10,470,612 people. The surname Bougue is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Bougue are found; 49 percent are found in West Africa and 36 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 356,380th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 557 people.
This surname is most frequently used in France, where it is carried by 251 people, or 1 in 264,632. In France Bougue is most frequent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 59 percent live, Occitanie, where 15 percent live and Pays de la Loire, where 7 percent live. Not including France this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 34 percent live and Benin, where 16 percent live.
Bougue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bougue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bougue last name decreased 57 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bougue Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bougue in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 23.53 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 23.53 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 20.59 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻰ | bwky | 14.71 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻪ | bwkh | 14.71 |
| ﺑﻮﻙ | bwk | 2.94 |
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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 Bougue
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