Bouhena Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Bouhena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 30 | 1:136,495 | 7,782 |
| Algeria | 12 | 1:3,219,296 | 45,820 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Bouhena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouhena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouhena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻫﻦ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bouhena.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouhena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. Bouhena is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouhena reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 30 people, or 1 in 136,495. In Mauritania Bouhena is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 73 percent are found, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 10 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 7 percent are found. Not including Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 28 percent are found and Burkina Faso, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouhena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouhena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻫﻦ | bwhn | 69.23 |
| ﺑﻮﻫﻨﻪ | bwhnh | 23.08 |
| ﺑﻮﻫﻨﺎ | bwhna | 7.69 |
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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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- 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 Bouhena
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