Bokeng Surname
Approximately 312 people bear this surname
Bokeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 285 | 1:72,874 | 9,093 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bokeng (19) may also be a first name.
Bokeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokeng occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokeng? popularity and diffusion
It is the 868,551st most commonly held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Bokeng are found; 91 percent are found in Central Africa and 91 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bokeng is also the 2,523,061st most frequently used forename internationally, borne by 19 people.
The surname Bokeng is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is borne by 285 people, or 1 in 72,874. In Cameroon it is most common in: Southwest Region, where 90 percent reside, Centre Region, where 6 percent reside and Northwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Barring Cameroon Bokeng exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside and Indonesia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boukeng | 92 | 163 | / |
| Bokieng | 92 | 16 | / |
| Bokng | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bokengue | 86 | 126 | / |
| Boukieng | 86 | 17 | / |
| Bekeng | 83 | 164 | / |
| Boking | 83 | 120 | / |
| Bakeng | 83 | 96 | / |
| Bukeng | 83 | 33 | / |
| Boceng | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bockcheng | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bocking | 77 | 1,268 | / |
| Bokings | 77 | 215 | / |
| Bokking | 77 | 90 | / |
| Bakkeng | 77 | 63 | / |
| Backeng | 77 | 27 | / |
| Bouking | 77 | 27 | / |
| Mpokeng | 77 | 19 | / |
| Bekkeng | 77 | 17 | / |
| Bogking | 77 | 16 | / |
| Boyking | 77 | 12 | / |
| Booking | 77 | 8 | / |
| Bocheng | 77 | 7 | / |
| Buoking | 77 | 5 | / |
| Bokyong | 77 | 5 | / |
| Beukeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vookeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Vockeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bakeung | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bahkeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Beekeng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bodking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boeking | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bocceng | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buskeng | 77 | 0 | / |
| Botking | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bukng | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bekng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boecking | 71 | 242 | / |
| Mphokeng | 71 | 88 | / |
| Bakengue | 71 | 81 | / |
| Boucheng | 71 | 53 | / |
| Bakengke | 71 | 5 | / |
| Vougkeng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukengqe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bodkings | 71 | 0 | / |
| Baking | 67 | 1,607 | / |
| Buking | 67 | 334 | / |
| Beking | 67 | 235 | / |
| Bocing | 67 | 104 | / |
| Baceng | 67 | 77 | / |
| Böking | 67 | 37 | / |
| Buceng | 67 | 23 | / |
| Boqing | 67 | 2 | / |
| Büking | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voking | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Bokeng
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