Boucoum Surname
Approximately 156 people bear this surname
Boucoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 119 | 1:34,411 | 2,768 |
| Burkina Faso | 29 | 1:632,831 | 7,862 |
| Guinea | 4 | 1:2,958,454 | 2,022 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
Boucoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boucoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boucoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻢ) occurs most in Mauritania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Boucoum click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boucoum? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,398,030th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The last name Boucoum occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boucoum reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Boucoum is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 119 people, or 1 in 34,411. In Mauritania Boucoum is primarily concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 24 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 22 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 19 percent reside and Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boucoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boucoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻢ | bwkm | 86.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ | bwkwm | 13.33 |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boucoum
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