Bouraiman Surname
Approximately 297 people bear this surname
Bouraiman Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 217 | 1:47,630 | 6,035 |
| Ivory Coast | 80 | 1:288,390 | 10,979 |
The alternate forms: Bouraïman (70) & Bouraîman (10) are calculated separately.
Bouraiman (224) may also be a first name.
Bouraiman Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouraiman Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouraiman is found in Benin more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Bouraïman or Bouraîman. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouraiman? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 899,940th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,537,192 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Bouraiman are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 601,629th most frequently occurring forename in the world, borne by 224 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is carried by 217 people, or 1 in 47,630. In Benin Bouraiman is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 48 percent live, Collines Department, where 29 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 8 percent live. Other than Benin this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 27 percent live.
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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 Bouraiman
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