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 more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokana? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 350,743rd most frequently occurring surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 7,007,256 people. The surname Bokana occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bokana reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bokana is also the 804,402nd most widely held first name on earth, borne by 133 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 944 people, or 1 in 78,262. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
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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