Boke Surname
Approximately 16,726 people bear this surname
Boke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,971 | 1:4,631 | 664 |
| India | 4,190 | 1:183,070 | 11,167 |
| Ivory Coast | 423 | 1:54,542 | 3,294 |
| DR Congo | 363 | 1:203,525 | 20,281 |
| Indonesia | 298 | 1:443,789 | 37,006 |
| Papua New Guinea | 215 | 1:37,924 | 4,566 |
| South Africa | 203 | 1:266,885 | 26,661 |
| Congo | 203 | 1:24,577 | 2,688 |
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Uganda | 66 | 1:591,504 | 31,661 |
| Netherlands | 60 | 1:281,453 | 34,544 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Burkina Faso | 48 | 1:382,335 | 6,059 |
| Benin | 34 | 1:303,988 | 24,879 |
| Nigeria | 34 | 1:5,210,081 | 134,475 |
| Chile | 34 | 1:518,132 | 13,148 |
| Solomon Islands | 31 | 1:18,711 | 3,619 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| Niger | 15 | 1:1,279,468 | 26,841 |
| Tanzania | 14 | 1:3,781,544 | 51,645 |
| Iran | 13 | 1:5,906,348 | 134,214 |
| Myanmar | 9 | 1:5,770,887 | 975 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Latvia | 5 | 1:410,009 | 28,210 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 80 | 1:627,734 | 41,746 |
The alternate forms: Böke (4,731) & Boké (5) are calculated separately.
Boke (10,027) may also be a first name.
Boke Demographics
Average Boke Salary in
United States
$49,123 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﻪ, Hindi: बॉके, Marathi: बोके, Russian: Боке) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Böke or Boké. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 31,890th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 435,702 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Boke live; 60 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Boke is also the 61,121st most frequent forename globally It is held by 10,027 people.
The surname Boke is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 9,971 people, or 1 in 4,631. In Kenya Boke is most frequent in: Migori County, where 88 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found and Kisii County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya Boke occurs in 57 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent are found.
Boke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Boke surname rose 164 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Boke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Boke surname are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% being registered with the party.
The amount Boke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 56.59% less than the national average, earning R 103,164 per year and in United States they earn 13.85% more than the national average, earning $49,123 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boke in the Marathi language | ||
| बोके | boke | 99.9 |
| Boke in the Hindi language | ||
| बॉके | boke | 90.11 |
| बोके | boke | 9.89 |
| Boke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 28.57 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻰ | bwky | 14.29 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻪ | bwkh | 14.29 |
| ﺑﻮﻙ | bwk | 14.29 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 14.29 |
| ﺍﺑﻚ | abk | 14.29 |
| Boke in the Russian language | ||
| Боке | boke | - |
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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 Boke
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