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
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Boku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boku (Marathi: बोकु, Russian: Боку, Tibetan: སྦ་ཀུ་) is found most in Japan. It may appear in the variant forms: Bökü. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boku? popularity and diffusion
Boku is the 71,474th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,054,943 people. This last name occurs mostly 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 used forename on earth It is held by 20,535 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Japan, where it is carried by 3,571 people, or 1 in 35,801. In Japan it is primarily concentrated in: Tokyo Metropolis, where 29 percent live, Osaka Prefecture, where 13 percent live and Kanagawa Prefecture, where 12 percent live. Outside of Japan it exists in 24 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 6 percent live.
Boku Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname 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% registered to vote for 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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- 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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