Bourya Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Bourya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 5 | 1:818,973 | 23,459 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Bourya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bourya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bourya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻱ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bourya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name Bourya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Bourya live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 42 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Bourya is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 818,973. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 20 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 20 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 20 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 17 percent reside and Algeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bourya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bourya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻱ | bry | 20 |
| ﺑﺮﻯ | bry | 20 |
| ﺑﻮﺭﻳﺎﻩ | bwryah | 20 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﻪ | bryh | 20 |
| ﺑﺮﻳﺔ | bryt | 20 |
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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 Bourya
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