Bokoum Surname
Approximately 11,365 people bear this surname
Bokoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 9,465 | 1:1,939 | 277 |
| Guinea | 1,054 | 1:11,228 | 359 |
| Mali | 387 | 1:43,848 | 1,206 |
| Senegal | 232 | 1:62,842 | 872 |
| Mauritania | 87 | 1:47,067 | 3,494 |
| United States | 36 | 1:10,068,304 | 413,125 |
| Ivory Coast | 32 | 1:720,976 | 19,991 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Bokoum (36) may also be a first name.
Bokoum Demographics
Average Bokoum Salary in
United States
$58,695 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bokoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bokoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bokoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻢ) is most common in Burkina Faso. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bokoum.
How Common Is The Last Name Bokoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 45,635th most frequently held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 641,227 people. The last name Bokoum occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bokoum live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bokoum is also the 1,717,090th most frequently held first name globally, borne by 36 people.
The surname is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 9,465 people, or 1 in 1,939. In Burkina Faso it is most numerous in: Sahel Region, where 72 percent are found, Est Region, where 9 percent are found and Centre-Nord Region, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Burkina Faso this last name exists in 20 countries. It is also found in Guinea, where 9 percent are found and Mali, where 3 percent are found.
Bokoum Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Bokoum surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.
Bokoum earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 36.03% more than the national average, earning $58,695 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bokoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bokoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻢ | bwkm | 96.55 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ | bwkwm | 3.45 |
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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 Bokoum
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