Bokah Surname
Approximately 252 people bear this surname
Bokah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 128 | 1:162,258 | 17,563 |
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Bokah (163) may also be a first name.
Bokah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokah (Arabic: بوكه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﻩ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,009,375th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Bokah occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Bokah live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 717,791st most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 163 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 128 people, or 1 in 162,258. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 98 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 1 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 1 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Bokah is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent reside and Liberia, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﻩ | bkah | - |
| Bokah in the Arabic language | ||
| بوكه | bwkh | - |
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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 Bokah
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