Bokana Surname
Approximately 1,040 people bear this surname
Bokana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 944 | 1:78,262 | 9,071 |
| South Africa | 64 | 1:846,527 | 56,162 |
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bokana (133) may also be a first name.
Bokana Demographics
Average Bokana Salary in
South Africa
R 178,164
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bokana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokana (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﻥ) is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Bokana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokana? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 350,743rd most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,007,256 people. The surname Bokana occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bokana reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 804,402nd most commonly used given name worldwide, borne by 133 people.
The surname Bokana is most frequently held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 944 people, or 1 in 78,262. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 11 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
Bokana Last Name Statistics demography
Bokana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.03% less than the national average, earning R 178,164 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﻥ | bkan | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻥ | bwkan | 33.33 |
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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 Bokana
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