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Burkinabe Names

How naming works in Burkina Faso — order, inheritance, particles, and the names Foundry's own data sees most often, backed by a live parser.

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Common names in Burkina Faso

The given and family names Foundry sees most often for Burkina Faso, each shown with its share of what Foundry has learned — not an official statistic, just what the engine's own data reflects.

Given names

  1. Adama 2.91%
  2. Souleymane 1.68%
  3. Abdoulaye 1.59%
  4. Mariam 1.51%
  5. Issouf 1.48%
  6. Boureima 1.37%
  7. Yacouba 1.32%
  8. Alassane 1.24%
  9. Ousmane 1.18%
  10. Salif 0.99%

Family names

  1. Ouedraogo 10.91%
  2. Sawadogo 6.24%
  3. Kabore 2.71%
  4. Traore 2.61%
  5. Sanou 2.33%
  6. Ouattara 2.18%
  7. Zongo 1.96%
  8. Ilboudo 1.35%
  9. Savadogo 1.31%
  10. Traoré 1.27%

Analyze name from Burkina Faso

Split full names from Burkina Faso into given name, family name, titles, and particles — calibrated confidence instead of a single guess, powered by Foundry.

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This page is one view onto Foundry's Name Intelligence engine, fixed to the Burkina Faso context. For the full feature list, how it works, and other countries, see Name Intelligence.

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