Bourhi Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Bourhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bourhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bourhi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻫﻲ) is found in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourhi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 924,083rd most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourhi reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This surname is most widely held in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Excluding Morocco this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 4 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourhi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻫﻲ | brhy | 77.78 |
| ﺑﺮﻫﻰ | brhy | 11.11 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﻫﻲ | bwrhy | 11.11 |
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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 Bourhi
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