Boullah Surname
Approximately 490 people bear this surname
Boullah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 228 | 1:17,960 | 1,656 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| France | 36 | 1:1,845,076 | 161,051 |
| Niger | 19 | 1:1,010,106 | 22,252 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Boullah (115) may also be a first name.
Boullah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boullah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boullah (Arabic: بولاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻩ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Boullah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boullah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boullah is the 625,459th most frequently used surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 14,872,543 people. Boullah is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Boullah live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Boullah is also the 873,022nd most widely held given name world-wide. It is borne by 115 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 17,960. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 37 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 29 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Mauritania Boullah is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 42 percent reside and France, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boullah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boullah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻼﻩ | blah | 80.81 |
| ﺑﻮﻻﻩ | bwlah | 16.16 |
| ﺑﻼﻫﻲ | blahy | 1.01 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﻠﻪ | ballh | 1.01 |
| Boullah in the Arabic language | ||
| بولاه | bwlah | - |
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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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- 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 Boullah
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