Bourja Surname
Approximately 1,771 people bear this surname
Bourja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,738 | 1:19,837 | 3,067 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bourja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺟﻪ) occurs most in Morocco. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourja? popularity and diffusion
Bourja is the 228,810th most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 4,114,933 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bourja live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Bourja is most common in Morocco, where it is carried by 1,738 people, or 1 in 19,837. Barring Morocco this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourja Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourja in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﺟﻪ | brjh | 50 |
| ﺑﺮﺝ | brj | 50 |
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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 Bourja
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