Boushab Surname
Approximately 3,574 people bear this surname
Boushab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 3,088 | 1:1,326 | 170 |
| Morocco | 477 | 1:72,277 | 12,260 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Boushab (321) may also be a first name.
Boushab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boushab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boushab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺳﺤﺎﺏ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Boushab.
How Common Is The Last Name Boushab? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 127,023rd most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,039,045 people. The last name Boushab is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boushab reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 489,856th most frequently held first name globally, held by 321 people.
The surname Boushab is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 3,088 people, or 1 in 1,326. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Gorgol Region, where 21 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 12 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 11 percent are found. Not including Mauritania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 13 percent are found and Senegal, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boushab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boushab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺳﺤﺎﺏ | bwshab | 97.75 |
| ﺑﻮﺍﺳﺤﺎﺏ | bwashab | 2.12 |
| ﺑﻮﺳﻬﺎﺏ | bwshab | 0.12 |
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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 Boushab
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