Boko Surname
Approximately 39,369 people bear this surname
Boko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17,566 | 1:588 | 52 |
| Ivory Coast | 5,018 | 1:4,598 | 423 |
| Togo | 3,780 | 1:1,917 | 224 |
| DR Congo | 2,873 | 1:25,715 | 3,227 |
| Indonesia | 1,722 | 1:76,800 | 8,184 |
| India | 965 | 1:794,886 | 35,729 |
| South Africa | 936 | 1:57,882 | 7,340 |
| Nigeria | 863 | 1:205,264 | 12,258 |
| Cameroon | 815 | 1:25,484 | 3,470 |
| Papua New Guinea | 643 | 1:12,681 | 1,181 |
| Malawi | 627 | 1:27,303 | 4,104 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Tanzania | 367 | 1:144,255 | 13,193 |
| Burkina Faso | 338 | 1:54,296 | 2,336 |
| Philippines | 311 | 1:325,525 | 44,983 |
| Croatia | 299 | 1:14,142 | 2,780 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Congo | 202 | 1:24,698 | 2,694 |
| France | 200 | 1:332,114 | 50,174 |
| Zimbabwe | 178 | 1:86,732 | 12,575 |
| Botswana | 138 | 1:15,847 | 3,103 |
| Liberia | 129 | 1:34,175 | 3,193 |
| Niger | 78 | 1:246,052 | 7,845 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Kenya | 40 | 1:1,154,498 | 35,000 |
| Ethiopia | 36 | 1:2,709,618 | 8,935 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Solomon Islands | 26 | 1:22,309 | 4,345 |
| Malaysia | 19 | 1:1,552,328 | 64,490 |
| Russia | 17 | 1:8,477,827 | 301,506 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Spain | 12 | 1:3,896,003 | 72,236 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Ukraine | 9 | 1:5,058,077 | 228,455 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Bhutan | 2 | 1:308,020 | 1,264 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
The alternate forms: Bokó (26) & Bókó (13) are calculated separately.
Boko (7,744) may also be a first name.
Boko Demographics
Boko Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Boko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boko (Georgian: ბოკო, Hindi: बोको, Marathi: बोको, Russian: Боко, Tibetan: བོ་ཀོ།) is found in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Bokó or Bókó. For other possible spellings of Boko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boko? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 14,151st most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 185,109 people. The last name Boko is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Boko reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 72,633rd most frequently occurring forename throughout the world. It is borne by 7,744 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 17,566 people, or 1 in 588. In Benin it is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 31 percent live, Zou Department, where 19 percent live and Collines Department, where 11 percent live. Barring Benin Boko occurs in 81 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 13 percent live and Togo, where 10 percent live.
Boko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Boko surname is principally Muslim (67%) in Kenya.
The amount Boko earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 45.67% less than the national average, earning R 129,120 per year; in United States they earn 20.29% more than the national average, earning $51,906 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.5% less than the national average, earning $45,956 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boko in the Georgian language | ||
| ბოკო | boko | - |
| Boko in the Hindi language | ||
| बोको | boko | - |
| Boko in the Marathi language | ||
| बोको | boko | 80 |
| बॊकॊ | boko | 20 |
| Boko in the Tibetan language | ||
| བོ་ཀོ། | boko | 66.67 |
| སྦོ་ཀོ། | boko | 33.33 |
| Boko in the Russian language | ||
| Боко | boko | - |
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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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- 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 Boko
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