Bouhjar Surname
Approximately 1,481 people bear this surname
Bouhjar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| Belgium | 92 | 1:124,964 | 18,228 |
| Spain | 60 | 1:779,201 | 32,544 |
| Tunisia | 28 | 1:21,808 | 3,430 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bouhjar (29) may also be a first name.
Bouhjar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouhjar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouhjar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺣﺠﺎﺭ) is borne by more people in Morocco than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouhjar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bouhjar is the 264,367th most prevalent last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 4,920,693 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bouhjar reside; 88 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,951,561st most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 29 people.
This surname is most numerous in Morocco, where it is held by 1,261 people, or 1 in 27,340. Besides Morocco it exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and Spain, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouhjar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouhjar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺣﺠﺎﺭ | bwhjar | - |
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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 Bouhjar
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