Boku Surname
Approximately 6,908 people bear this surname
Boku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,571 | 1:35,801 | 3,297 |
| Ethiopia | 1,610 | 1:60,588 | 6,165 |
| DR Congo | 438 | 1:168,675 | 17,317 |
| Papua New Guinea | 426 | 1:19,140 | 1,957 |
| Kenya | 354 | 1:130,452 | 10,733 |
| Indonesia | 295 | 1:448,302 | 37,326 |
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| India | 43 | 1:17,838,730 | 274,051 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
The alternate forms: Bökü (126) are calculated separately.
Boku (20,535) may also be a first name.
Boku Demographics
Boku Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Boku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boku (Marathi: बोकु, Russian: Боку, Tibetan: སྦ་ཀུ་) occurs most in Japan. It may occur as: Bökü. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boku? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 71,474th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,054,943 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Boku reside; 52 percent reside in East Asia and 52 percent reside in Nippono-Asia. It is also the 37,088th most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 20,535 people.
This last name is most widely held in Japan, where it is borne by 3,571 people, or 1 in 35,801. In Japan Boku is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 29 percent reside, Osaka Prefecture, where 13 percent reside and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Japan this last name occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Boku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Boku last name is predominantly Christian (71%) in Kenya.
In The United States Boku are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
Boku earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.08% more than the national average, earning $49,225 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boku in the Marathi language | ||
| बोकु | boku | 62.5 |
| बोकू | boku | 37.5 |
| Boku in the Tibetan language | ||
| སྦ་ཀུ་ | baku | 50 |
| བུ་ཀུ་ | buku | 50 |
| Boku in the Russian language | ||
| Боку | boku | - |
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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 Boku
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