Bouhouar Surname

1,244,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 186 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Bouhouar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bouhouar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco1701:202,80134,956
Mauritania141:292,49012,957
Algeria21:19,315,77697,017

Bouhouar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bouhouar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺣﻮﺍﺭ) is found most in Morocco. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bouhouar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,244,200th most widely held surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 39,180,354 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouhouar live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Mahgreb.

It is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is carried by 170 people, or 1 in 202,801. Not including Morocco Bouhouar is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 8 percent reside and Algeria, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouhouare941/
Bouhoar931/
Bououarh884/
Boueouar881/
Boujouar881/
Bougiouar821/
Bouaaour751/
Buhogiar751/
Bbuhar7112/
Bouhajjar711/
Bouhagiar711/
Boucheaar711/
Bbhoar711/
Bouyear6786/
Buiuhar671/
Buhagiar634,322/
Buhajiar635/
Buaor621/
Buoar620/
Bouteyear591/
Buahgar537/
Buauore531/

Bouhouar Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bouhouar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻮﺣﻮﺍﺭbwhwar-

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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 Bouhouar
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