Bokanan Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Bokanan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bokanan Demographics
Bokanan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Bokanan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokanan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokanan (Arabic: بوكنان) is found in Lebanon more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokanan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most common family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. Bokanan occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Bokanan live; 94 percent live in West Asia and 94 percent live in Levant.
The last name Bokanan is most numerous in Lebanon, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 375,806. In Lebanon it is most prevalent in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 100 percent live. Apart from Lebanon this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 6 percent live.
Bokanan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bokanan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname decreased 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bokanan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (75%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokanan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokanan in the Arabic language | ||
| بوكنان | bwknan | - |
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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 Bokanan
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