Bourdja Surname
Approximately 590 people bear this surname
Bourdja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 322 | 1:119,974 | 16,859 |
| Benin | 261 | 1:39,600 | 5,089 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bourdja (109) may also be a first name.
Bourdja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourdja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourdja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﺟﻪ) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bourdja.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourdja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 543,414th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 12,351,773 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourdja live; 55 percent live in North Africa and 55 percent live in Mahgreb. Bourdja is also the 900,062nd most commonly used first name internationally, held by 109 people.
This surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 322 people, or 1 in 119,974. In Algeria Bourdja is primarily concentrated in: Tipasa Province, where 99 percent live, Boumerdès Province, where 0 percent live and Chlef Province, where 0 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 44 percent live and France, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourdja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourdja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﺟﻪ | bwrjh | - |
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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 Bourdja
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