Bouriha Surname
Approximately 113 people bear this surname
Bouriha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 110 | 1:37,226 | 2,932 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
Bouriha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouriha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouriha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺤﻪ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouriha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,718,748th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 64,491,557 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouriha live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Bouriha is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 110 people, or 1 in 37,226. In Mauritania Bouriha is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 42 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 21 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 15 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Algeria, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouriha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouriha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺤﻪ | bwryhh | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺢ | bwryh | 9.09 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺤﻪ | bryhh | 9.09 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺢ | bryh | 9.09 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺤﺔ | bryht | 3.03 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺤﺔ | bwryht | 3.03 |
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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 Bouriha
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