Bourihe Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Bourihe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Bourihe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourihe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bourihe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻳﺤﺔ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourihe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,772,636th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bourihe live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Bourihe is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania Bourihe is most numerous in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent live. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 12 percent live and Benin, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourihe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourihe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻳﺤﺔ | bryht | 50 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺤﻪ | bryhh | 25 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺤﻪ | bwryhh | 25 |
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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 Bourihe
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