Boekstein Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Boekstein Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boekstein Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boekstein Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boekstein is found most in South Africa. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boekstein? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Boekstein live; 53 percent live in Southern Africa and 53 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa Boekstein is primarily concentrated in: Western Cape, where 63 percent are found and Gauteng, where 38 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 33 percent are found and England, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bokstein | 94 | 25 | / |
| Bekstein | 94 | 12 | / |
| Beckstein | 89 | 748 | / |
| Bockstein | 89 | 52 | / |
| Boksteijn | 89 | 7 | / |
| Bokshtein | 89 | 4 | / |
| Boukstein | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bookshtein | 84 | 2 | / |
| Bukstein | 82 | 252 | / |
| Boksteyn | 82 | 27 | / |
| Bakstein | 82 | 16 | / |
| Boxstein | 82 | 12 | / |
| Bogstein | 82 | 2 | / |
| Bechstein | 78 | 1,531 | / |
| Buckstein | 78 | 250 | / |
| Backstein | 78 | 97 | / |
| Bukshtein | 78 | 28 | / |
| Buksztein | 78 | 19 | / |
| Bokshteyn | 78 | 11 | / |
| Bochstein | 78 | 3 | / |
| Bakshtein | 78 | 3 | / |
| Buskstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bukkstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Buksteine | 78 | 1 | / |
| Böckstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Boucstein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Buksthein | 78 | 1 | / |
| Bukschtein | 74 | 24 | / |
| Bukhshtein | 74 | 3 | / |
| Bekhshteyn | 74 | 3 | / |
| Bakštein | 71 | 6 | / |
| Beksztan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bockstan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bachstein | 67 | 774 | / |
| Buchstein | 67 | 94 | / |
| Bukshteyn | 67 | 72 | / |
| Buksztejn | 67 | 13 | / |
| Buckstine | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bucshtein | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buckstien | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bakshteyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bucksteen | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Boekstein
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