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 surname Bounjem is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bounjem? popularity and diffusion

Bounjem is the 833,931st most numerous surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 22,016,755 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Bounjem live; 82 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Mahgreb.

It is most common in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Not including Morocco this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 15 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 percent reside.

Bounjem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally 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
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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 Bounjem
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