Boekstein Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Boekstein Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Boekstein Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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.

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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 Boekstein
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