Boural Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Boural Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 16 | 1:255,929 | 11,901 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Boural Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boural Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boural (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﻝ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Boural.
How Common Is The Last Name Boural? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boural is the 4,206,983rd most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. Boural occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Boural live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Boural is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 255,929. In Mauritania Boural is most common in: Assaba Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Boural exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 14 percent live and Switzerland, where 9 percent live.
Boural Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Boural has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boural surname declined 83 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boural Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boural in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﻝ | bwrl | 60 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﺍﻝ | bwral | 40 |
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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 Boural
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