Bouguoufa Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Bouguoufa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouguoufa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Bouguoufa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bouguoufa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bouguoufa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻒ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bouguoufa.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouguoufa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently held family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouguoufa live; 67 percent live in North Africa and 67 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 19,315,776. Besides Algeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bouguoufa Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouguoufa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﻛﻒbwkf-

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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 Bouguoufa
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