Bouzou Surname
Approximately 14,749 people bear this surname
Bouzou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 13,221 | 1:1,452 | 178 |
| Syria | 527 | 1:36,624 | 2,232 |
| France | 354 | 1:187,635 | 29,176 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Palestine | 81 | 1:56,159 | 5,413 |
| Algeria | 80 | 1:482,894 | 36,623 |
| Argentina | 69 | 1:619,470 | 43,674 |
| Cameroon | 62 | 1:334,985 | 30,391 |
| Iraq | 52 | 1:673,493 | 9,953 |
| Greece | 42 | 1:263,805 | 39,714 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 1:2,621,729 | 17,588 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Bouzou (2,169) may also be a first name.
Bouzou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouzou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouzou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺯﻭ) occurs in Niger more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bouzou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouzou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 35,781st most prevalent family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 494,104 people. The last name Bouzou occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bouzou live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 161,001st most widespread first name world-wide, held by 2,169 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Niger, where it is borne by 13,221 people, or 1 in 1,452. In Niger Bouzou is most frequent in: Maradi Region, where 37 percent reside, Tahoua Region, where 31 percent reside and Zinder Region, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Niger this last name exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in Syria, where 4 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouzou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouzou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺯﻭ | bwzw | - |
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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 Bouzou
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