Bouzouma Surname
Approximately 289 people bear this surname
Bouzouma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 187 | 1:21,898 | 1,946 |
| Algeria | 68 | 1:568,111 | 38,491 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Bouzouma (169) may also be a first name.
Bouzouma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouzouma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bouzouma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺯﻭﻡ) is found most in Mauritania. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouzouma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 917,199th most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Bouzouma are found; 72 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 703,581st most prevalent first name globally, held by 169 people.
The last name Bouzouma is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 21,898. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 37 percent live, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 36 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent live. Besides Mauritania Bouzouma is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 24 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouzouma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouzouma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺯﻭﻡ | bwzwm | 30.49 |
| ﺑﻮﺯﻭﻣﻪ | bwzwmh | 23.17 |
| ﺑﺰﻭﻣﻪ | bzwmh | 19.51 |
| ﺑﺰﻭﻡ | bzwm | 17.07 |
| ﺑﻮﺯﻭﻣﺎ | bwzwma | 3.66 |
| ﺑﻮﺯﻭﻣﺔ | bwzwmt | 2.44 |
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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 Bouzouma
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