Bouraïma Surname
Approximately 4,271 people bear this surname
Bouraïma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,525 | 1:2,932 | 356 |
| Togo | 735 | 1:9,861 | 2,446 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bouraima (17,864) & Bouraîma (611) are calculated separately.
Bouraïma (4,459) may also be a first name.
Bouraïma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouraïma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouraïma occurs most in Benin. It may also be found as a variant: Bouraima or Bouraîma. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouraïma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 108,952nd most numerous surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,706,286 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouraïma reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 103,139th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 4,459 people.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 3,525 people, or 1 in 2,932. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Alibori Department, where 43 percent live, Borgou Department, where 18 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin Bouraïma exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 17 percent live and Niger, where 0 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 Bouraïma
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