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 borne by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It can be found as: Boujé. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,194,481st most frequent family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 36,805,787 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bouje live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Chadic Africa. Bouje is also the 1,017,994th most frequent given name throughout the world, held by 88 people.
This surname is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 159 people, or 1 in 120,705. In Niger it is primarily found in: Tahoua Region, where 56 percent reside, Maradi Region, where 31 percent reside and Agadez Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Niger this surname occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent reside and Cameroon, where 5 percent reside.
Bouje Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bouje has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname 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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