Bourj Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Bourj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Bourj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourj Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourj (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺝ) has its highest incidence in Lebanon. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bourj.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Bourj is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Bourj are found; 29 percent are found in North Africa and 29 percent are found in Mahgreb.
This last name is most numerous in Lebanon, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,818,542. Barring Lebanon this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 14 percent are found and Brazil, where 14 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourj in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﺝ | brj | - |
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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 Bourj
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