Bouya Surname
Approximately 12,839 people bear this surname
Bouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 5,078 | 1:6,789 | 845 |
| Congo | 2,810 | 1:1,775 | 290 |
| Mauritania | 800 | 1:5,119 | 603 |
| Benin | 668 | 1:15,472 | 2,090 |
| Mali | 645 | 1:26,309 | 898 |
| Iran | 573 | 1:134,001 | 12,168 |
| Indonesia | 564 | 1:234,484 | 21,651 |
| Gabon | 455 | 1:4,152 | 740 |
| Cameroon | 243 | 1:85,469 | 10,380 |
| Algeria | 204 | 1:189,370 | 23,064 |
| Iraq | 183 | 1:191,375 | 4,515 |
| France | 175 | 1:379,558 | 56,305 |
| Niger | 134 | 1:143,224 | 5,313 |
| Spain | 102 | 1:458,353 | 23,817 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Germany | 19 | 1:4,237,129 | 172,669 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bouya (8,804) may also be a first name.
Bouya Demographics
Average Bouya Salary in
United States
$12,833 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻱ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bouya.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 40,783rd most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 567,610 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bouya are found; 41 percent are found in North Africa and 41 percent are found in Mahgreb. Bouya is also the 66,686th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 8,804 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 5,078 people, or 1 in 6,789. Outside of Morocco this surname exists in 47 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 22 percent are found and Mauritania, where 6 percent are found.
Bouya Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bouya has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bouya last name grew 275 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bouya Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Bouya earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 70.26% less than the national average, earning $12,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 33.36% less than the national average, earning $33,110 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻱ | bwy | 80.3 |
| ﺑﻮﻳﻪ | bwyh | 10.35 |
| ﺑﻮﻳﺎ | bwya | 7.07 |
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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 Bouya
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