Boujafar Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

Boujafar Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boujafar Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen2121:124,6486,780
France21:33,211,361423,184
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Boujafar Last Name Facts

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

The surname Boujafar occurs most in Yemen. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Boujafar? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most common surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Boujafar are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 98 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula.

The surname Boujafar is most commonly held in Yemen, where it is borne by 212 people, or 1 in 124,648. In Yemen Boujafar is most common in: Hadramaut Governorate, where 97 percent reside and Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent reside. Barring Yemen this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent reside and Morocco, where 0 percent reside.

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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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