Boullahi Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Boullahi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boullahi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania71:584,98020,004
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471

Boullahi (26) may also be a first name.

Boullahi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Boullahi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Boullahi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻼﻫﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Boullahi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Boullahi is the 5,391,485th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Boullahi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boullahi are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 584,980. In Mauritania Boullahi is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 86 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 14 percent live. Not including Mauritania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 31 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Boullahi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Boullahi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺑﻼﻫﻲblahy56.25
ﺑﻼﻫﻰblahy12.5
ﺑﻼﻩblah12.5
ﺑﻮﻻﻫﻲbwlahy12.5
ﺑﻮﺍﻟﻠﻪbwallh6.25

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boullahi
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