Bokele Surname
Approximately 14,899 people bear this surname
Bokele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 14,865 | 1:4,970 | 571 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Cameroon | 6 | 1:3,461,511 | 126,814 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Bokéle (1) are calculated separately.
Bokele (264) may also be a first name.
Bokele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bokele occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Bokéle. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokele? popularity and diffusion
Bokele is the 35,461st most widespread last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 489,130 people. The last name Bokele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bokele live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bokele is also the 547,545th most frequent first name globally It is held by 264 people.
The surname Bokele is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is held by 14,865 people, or 1 in 4,970. Barring The DR Congo Bokele is found in 12 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 percent live.
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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 Bokele
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