Boujah Surname
Approximately 34 people bear this surname
Boujah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 7 | 1:87,232 | 13,677 |
Boujah (19) may also be a first name.
Boujah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boujah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boujah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺠﺎﻩ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boujah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,373,373rd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boujah are found; 53 percent are found in West Africa and 53 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Boujah is also the 2,523,061st most common first name at a global level It is held by 19 people.
It is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 72 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 6 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 26 percent are found and Tunisia, where 21 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boujah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boujah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺠﺎﻩ | bjah | 92.86 |
| ﺍﺑﺠﺎﻩ | abjah | 7.14 |
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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 Boujah
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