Boucka Surname
Approximately 1,992 people bear this surname
Boucka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabon | 1,869 | 1:1,011 | 176 |
| Mauritania | 42 | 1:97,497 | 6,070 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
| France | 13 | 1:5,109,440 | 259,941 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Boucká (24) are calculated separately.
Boucka (22) may also be a first name.
Boucka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boucka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boucka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻪ) has its highest incidence in Gabon. It can also be rendered as: Boucká. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boucka? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boucka is the 207,755th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,658,407 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Boucka are found; 94 percent are found in Central Africa and 94 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Boucka is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name in the world, held by 22 people.
The surname is most common in Gabon, where it is borne by 1,869 people, or 1 in 1,011. Excluding Gabon this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and Niger, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boucka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boucka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻪ | bwkh | 68.75 |
| ﺑﻮﻙ | bwk | 12.5 |
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 6.25 |
| ﺑﻜﺎ | bka | 6.25 |
| ﺍﺑﻮﻙ | abwk | 6.25 |
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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 Boucka
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