Bouhah Surname
Approximately 1,672 people bear this surname
Bouhah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 1,617 | 1:56,856 | 5,426 |
| Mauritania | 54 | 1:75,831 | 5,075 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Bouhah (1,280) may also be a first name.
Bouhah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouhah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouhah (Arabic: بوحه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻫﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bouhah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouhah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 239,503rd most widely held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 4,358,580 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouhah live; 97 percent live in North Africa and 97 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 220,333rd most frequently held first name internationally, borne by 1,280 people.
It is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is borne by 1,617 people, or 1 in 56,856. Other than Egypt this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 3 percent live and Algeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouhah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouhah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻫﺎﻩ | bwhah | 75 |
| ﺑﻬﺎﻩ | bhah | 25 |
| Bouhah in the Arabic language | ||
| بوحه | bwhh | - |
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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 Bouhah
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