Bookun Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Bookun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritius | 136 | 1:9,510 | 2,027 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Bookun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bookun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bookun is carried by more people in Mauritius than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bookun? popularity and diffusion
Bookun is the 1,497,948th most frequently held family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 52,053,899 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bookun are found; 97 percent are found in Southern Africa and 97 percent are found in Southern African Indian Ocean.
This surname is most commonly held in Mauritius, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 9,510. In Mauritius Bookun is most common in: Flacq District, where 57 percent live, Plaines Wilhems District, where 40 percent live and Rivière Noire District, where 3 percent live. Other than Mauritius it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bookun
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