Bokom Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Bokom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Russia | 15 | 1:9,608,204 | 322,587 |
| Burkina Faso | 14 | 1:1,310,864 | 11,575 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bokom (215) may also be a first name.
Bokom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bokom (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻢ, Russian: Боком, Tibetan: སྦོ་སྐོབ་) is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokom? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,555,468th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Bokom occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 35 percent of Bokom are found; 35 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 35 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Bokom is also the 616,131st most widely held first name world-wide, held by 215 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 452,984. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Morobe, where 67 percent live, Manus, where 28 percent live and West New Britain, where 6 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Bokom exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 26 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokom Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokom in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻢ | bwkm | - |
| Bokom in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦོ་སྐོབ་ | bokob | - |
| Bokom in the Russian language | ||
| Боком | bokom | - |
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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 Bokom
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