Bousshab Surname
Approximately 436 people bear this surname
Bousshab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 435 | 1:9,413 | 987 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bousshab (12) may also be a first name.
Bousshab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bousshab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bousshab (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺳﺤﺎﺏ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bousshab? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 681,965th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 16,714,555 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bousshab reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 12 people.
This surname is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 435 people, or 1 in 9,413. In Mauritania it is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 19 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 16 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 15 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania Bousshab is found in one country. It is also found in Senegal, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bousshab Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bousshab in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺳﺤﺎﺏ | bwshab | 94.74 |
| ﺑﻮﺍﺳﺤﺎﺏ | bwashab | 3.51 |
| ﺑﻮﺃﺳﺤﺎﺏ | bwashab | 0.88 |
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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 Bousshab
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