Bounjem Surname

833,931st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Morocco
Highest density in:
Morocco

Bounjem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bounjem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Morocco2731:126,28622,036
United Arab Emirates511:179,65212,842
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Bounjem Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bounjem occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bounjem.

How Common Is The Last Name Bounjem? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 833,931st most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bounjem live; 82 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Mahgreb.

The surname Bounjem is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Excluding Morocco this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent are found and Kuwait, where 1 percent are found.

Bounjem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Bounjem surname is predominantly Maronite (50%) 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
  • 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 Bounjem
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