Bouco Surname
Approximately 159 people bear this surname
Bouco Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 139 | 1:74,357 | 8,912 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
The alternate forms: Bouço (1) are calculated separately.
Bouco (74) may also be a first name.
Bouco Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouco Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouco (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮ) occurs more in Benin more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Bouço. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouco? popularity and diffusion
Bouco is the 1,380,086th most frequent family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 45,833,622 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bouco reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 74 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Benin, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 74,357. In Benin Bouco is most common in: Borgou Department, where 40 percent are found, Collines Department, where 27 percent are found and Donga Department, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Benin it exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 5 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouco Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouco in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮ | bwkw | - |
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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 Bouco
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