Boulla Surname
Approximately 2,285 people bear this surname
Boulla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,403 | 1:13,679 | 949 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Mauritania | 300 | 1:13,650 | 1,303 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Burkina Faso | 15 | 1:1,223,473 | 11,207 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Boulla (510) may also be a first name.
Boulla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boulla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boulla (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼ) is held by more people in Niger than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Boulla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boulla? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boulla is the 185,485th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,189,298 people. The surname Boulla occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boulla are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 61 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Boulla is also the 374,596th most widespread first name in the world, held by 510 people.
The surname Boulla is most commonly used in Niger, where it is carried by 1,403 people, or 1 in 13,679. In Niger it is most common in: Tahoua Region, where 61 percent reside, Agadez Region, where 13 percent reside and Maradi Region, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Niger this last name occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 22 percent reside and Mauritania, where 13 percent reside.
Boulla Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boulla has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boulla last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boulla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boulla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼ | bla | 77.36 |
| ﺑﻞ | bl | 7.55 |
| ﺑﻠﻪ | blh | 6.6 |
| ﺑﻮﻻ | bwla | 5.66 |
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 0.94 |
| ﺑﻼﻝ | blal | 0.94 |
| ﺃﺑﻠﻪ | ablh | 0.94 |
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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 Boulla
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