Boulah Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Boulah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 75 | 1:54,598 | 3,928 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boulah (73) may also be a first name.
Boulah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boulah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boulah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻩ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Boulah.
How Common Is The Last Name Boulah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boulah is the 1,286,243rd most widespread surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. The last name Boulah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Boulah are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 73 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 75 people, or 1 in 54,598. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 31 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 19 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 15 percent live and Cameroon, where 12 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boulah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boulah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 93.48 |
| ﺑﻮﻻﻩ | bwlah | 6.52 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Boulah
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