Boussagh Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Boussagh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
Boussagh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boussagh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boussagh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺳﺎﻕ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boussagh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,360,413th most numerous last name globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boussagh live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Boussagh is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 75 percent live, Adrar Region, where 13 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Morocco, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boussagh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boussagh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺳﺎﻕ | bwsaq | 75 |
| ﺑﺴﺎﻕ | bsaq | 25 |
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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 Boussagh
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