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 surname Bouja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺞ) is most common in Morocco. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouja? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 252,790th most frequently used last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,656,579 people. The surname Bouja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bouja are found; 68 percent are found in North Africa and 68 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 571,890th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 244 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,056 people, or 1 in 32,648. Aside from Morocco this surname occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 25 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.
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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