Bokanya Surname

777,192nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 365 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bokanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bokanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3631:203,52520,281
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bokanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bokanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bokanya occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bokanya click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bokanya? popularity and diffusion

It is the 777,192nd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 19,965,879 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bokanya are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 363 people, or 1 in 203,525. Besides The DR Congo it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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
  • 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 Bokanya
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