Bolkheir Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Bolkheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Bolkheïr (1) are calculated separately.
Bolkheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bolkheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bolkheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Bolkheïr. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bolkheir? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,907,068th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. Bolkheir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bolkheir reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 93 people, or 1 in 44,031. In Mauritania Bolkheir is most frequent in: Trarza Region, where 37 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 26 percent are found and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Qatar, where 1 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bolkheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bolkheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | blkhyr | 97.56 |
| ﺑﻮﻟﺨﻴﺮ | bwlkhyr | 2.44 |
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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 Bolkheir
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