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
The last name Bourja (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﺟﻪ) occurs most in Morocco. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 228,810th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 4,114,933 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bourja reside; 98 percent reside in North Africa and 98 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 1,738 people, or 1 in 19,837. Excluding Morocco it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent reside and Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
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
- 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 Bourja
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