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) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bouzouma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouzouma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bouzouma is the 917,199th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 25,216,422 people. The last name is predominantly found 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 commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 169 people.
Bouzouma is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 187 people, or 1 in 21,898. In Mauritania it is most common in: Assaba Region, where 37 percent reside, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 36 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 11 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 24 percent reside and Niger, where 7 percent reside.
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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