Bouras Surname
Approximately 59,644 people bear this surname
Bouras Surname User-submission:
Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
Read More About This SurnameBouras Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 46,589 | 1:829 | 36 |
| Morocco | 6,952 | 1:4,959 | 575 |
| Greece | 3,335 | 1:3,322 | 290 |
| France | 618 | 1:107,480 | 15,949 |
| Spain | 589 | 1:79,375 | 6,875 |
| United States | 564 | 1:642,658 | 51,628 |
| Saudi Arabia | 278 | 1:110,992 | 14,774 |
| Belgium | 146 | 1:78,744 | 12,427 |
| Australia | 99 | 1:272,684 | 24,601 |
| Canada | 98 | 1:375,975 | 33,576 |
| England | 75 | 1:742,907 | 41,196 |
| Netherlands | 55 | 1:307,040 | 36,360 |
| Tunisia | 48 | 1:12,721 | 2,096 |
| Germany | 44 | 1:1,829,670 | 103,431 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1:266,372 | 23,826 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1:11,188 | 103 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Bouras (638) may also be a first name.
Bouras Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Southern French: from a diminutive of French Bourrasse (see Bouras).
Greek: variant of Booras. Southern French and Catalan (Bourras): from Occitan bourras, Catalan bourràs 'frieze', a type of coarse reddish brown woolen cloth with long hairs (Late Latin burra 'coarse untreated wool'), applied as a nickname for someone who habitually wore brown or a metonymic occupational name for a worker in the wool trade.
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Bouras Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouras Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouras (Arabic: بوراس, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﺍﺹ) is found in Algeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouras? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,478th most widely held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 122,184 people. Bouras occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Bouras live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Mahgreb. Bouras is also the 329,390th most commonly used given name globally, borne by 638 people.
It is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 46,589 people, or 1 in 829. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Annaba Province, where 11 percent live, Algiers Province, where 8 percent live and Tébessa Province, where 8 percent live. Apart from Algeria this last name occurs in 50 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 12 percent live and Greece, where 6 percent live.
Bouras Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bouras has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname grew 7,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Bouras Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Bouras surname are 1.94% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.17% being registered with the party.
The amount Bouras earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 3.29% more than the national average, earning 357,478 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 212.52% more than the national average, earning R 742,656 per year; in United States they earn 0.02% more than the national average, earning $43,156 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.47% more than the national average, earning $49,916 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouras Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouras in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﺍﺹ | bwras | 75 |
| ﺑﺮﺍﺹ | bras | 25 |
| Bouras in the Arabic language | ||
| بوراس | bwras | - |
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