Boumiya Surname
Approximately 70 people bear this surname
Boumiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Boumiya (11) may also be a first name.
Boumiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boumiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boumiya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻣﻴﻪ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Boumiya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boumiya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,273,756th most frequent surname globally, held by around 1 in 104,107,799 people. Boumiya is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Boumiya live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name world-wide It is held by 11 people.
It is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 65 people, or 1 in 62,998. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 80 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 9 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 3 percent reside. Not including Mauritania Boumiya exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 6 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boumiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boumiya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻣﻴﻪ | bwmyh | 81.48 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﻲ | bwmy | 11.11 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﻴﺔ | bwmyt | 3.7 |
| ﺑﻮﻣﺌﻪ | bwmyh | 3.7 |
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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 Boumiya
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