Bouwah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Bouwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Bouwah (10) may also be a first name.
Bouwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouwah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺍﻩ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouwah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,057,639th most commonly held last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouwah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Bouwah is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
This last name is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 79 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 7 percent are found and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 7 percent are found. Beside Mauritania this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouwah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouwah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺍﻩ | bwah | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﻮﺍﻩ | albwah | 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
- 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 Bouwah
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