Bouja Surname
Approximately 1,565 people bear this surname
Bouja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,056 | 1:32,648 | 5,235 |
| Niger | 390 | 1:49,210 | 2,476 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Tunisia | 5 | 1:122,125 | 16,050 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Bouja (244) may also be a first name.
Bouja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺞ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 252,790th most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,656,579 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bouja reside; 68 percent reside in North Africa and 68 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 571,890th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 244 people.
The surname Bouja is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 1,056 people, or 1 in 32,648. Other than Morocco this last name is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 25 percent are found and France, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 40 |
| ﺑﻮﺝ | bwj | 20 |
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 20 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﻪ | bwjh | 10 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﺎ | bwja | 10 |
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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 Bouja
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