Bouyah Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Bouyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 42 | 1:104,965 | 8,284 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Bouyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouyah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻴﺎﻩ) is most common in Liberia. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouyah is the 2,661,929th most frequently used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 137,500,866 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bouyah reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 79 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 104,965. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Nimba County, where 88 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 12 percent reside. Besides Liberia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 17 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouyah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻴﺎﻩ | abyah | 80 |
| ﺃﺑﻴﺎﻩ | abyah | 20 |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Bouyah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis