Bounja Surname
Approximately 608 people bear this surname
Bounja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Belgium | 51 | 1:225,424 | 28,627 |
| Lebanon | 33 | 1:170,821 | 7,805 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Bounja Demographics
Bounja Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Bounja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bounja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bounja is carried by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bounja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bounja is the 531,574th most common surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,986,095 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Bounja are found; 84 percent are found in North Africa and 84 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname Bounja is most widespread in Morocco, where it is borne by 511 people, or 1 in 67,468. Barring Morocco it is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 8 percent reside and Lebanon, where 5 percent reside.
Bounja Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (73%) in Lebanon.
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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 Bounja
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