Bouje Surname
Approximately 198 people bear this surname
Bouje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 159 | 1:120,705 | 4,714 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
The alternate forms: Boujé (1) are calculated separately.
Bouje (88) may also be a first name.
Bouje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouje Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouje (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺝ) is found in Niger more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Boujé. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouje? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,194,481st most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 36,805,787 people. Bouje is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bouje reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 1,017,994th most widely held given name globally. It is borne by 88 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Niger, where it is held by 159 people, or 1 in 120,705. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 56 percent live, Maradi Region, where 31 percent live and Agadez Region, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Niger this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 percent live.
Bouje Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bouje has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bouje last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouje in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺝ | bwj | 36.36 |
| ﺑﺞ | bj | 36.36 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﺟﻪ | abwjh | 9.09 |
| ﺑﻮﺟﻴﻢ | bwjym | 9.09 |
| ﺑﺠﻪ | bjh | 9.09 |
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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 Bouje
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