Bousta Surname
Approximately 2,271 people bear this surname
Bousta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,159 | 1:29,746 | 4,740 |
| Algeria | 1,014 | 1:38,098 | 6,889 |
| France | 35 | 1:1,897,792 | 163,564 |
| Cameroon | 33 | 1:629,366 | 47,277 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Bousta (143) may also be a first name.
Bousta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bousta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bousta (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺳﺖ) is most common in Morocco. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bousta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 186,470th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 3,208,959 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bousta live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 772,378th most commonly used forename on earth, held by 143 people.
This last name is most numerous in Morocco, where it is borne by 1,159 people, or 1 in 29,746. Barring Morocco Bousta occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 45 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bousta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bousta in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺳﺖ | bwst | 66.67 |
| ﺑﺴﻄﺔ | bstt | 33.33 |
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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 Bousta
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