Boule Surname
Approximately 5,144 people bear this surname
Boule Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1,148 | 1:32,095 | 4,171 |
| France | 1,129 | 1:58,833 | 7,897 |
| United States | 780 | 1:464,691 | 39,603 |
| Mali | 645 | 1:26,309 | 898 |
| Benin | 535 | 1:19,319 | 2,581 |
| Niger | 248 | 1:77,387 | 3,394 |
| Burkina Faso | 181 | 1:101,393 | 3,161 |
| Cameroon | 161 | 1:129,000 | 14,584 |
| Congo | 68 | 1:73,369 | 6,611 |
| Ivory Coast | 40 | 1:576,781 | 17,373 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Greece | 25 | 1:443,192 | 58,048 |
| Spain | 14 | 1:3,339,431 | 67,428 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 5 | 1:4,875,074 | 116,529 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 43 | 1:1,167,876 | 66,381 |
The alternate forms: Boulé (176) & Boulè (1) are calculated separately.
Boule (4,489) may also be a first name.
Boule Demographics
Average Male Boule Height
174.35 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Boule Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boule Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boule (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻟﻪ, Marathi: बोऊले) is more frequently found in Canada than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Boulé or Boulè. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boule? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 92,857th most common last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,416,708 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 38 percent of Boule live; 37 percent live in North America and 22 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 102,751st most prevalent first name globally, held by 4,489 people.
This last name is most frequent in Canada, where it is held by 1,148 people, or 1 in 32,095. In Canada Boule is most common in: Quebec, where 92 percent are found, British Columbia, where 3 percent are found and Ontario, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Canada this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also common in France, where 22 percent are found and The United States, where 15 percent are found.
Boule Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boule has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Boule last name expanded 1,814 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 220 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Boule Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Boule last name is principally Maronite (33%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Boule are 13.61% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 66.84% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Boule earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 17.61% more than the national average, earning $50,749 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.19% less than the national average, earning $43,132 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boule Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boule in the Marathi language | ||
| बोऊले | bo'ule | 60 |
| बोउले | bo'ule | 40 |
| Boule in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻟﻪ | bwlh | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻝ | bwl | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻞ | bl | 22.22 |
| ﺑﻠﻪ | blh | 11.11 |
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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 Boule
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