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
The last name Boucoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻢ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boucoum? popularity and diffusion
The last name Boucoum is the 1,398,030th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boucoum live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 34,411. In Mauritania it is most common in: Assaba Region, where 24 percent are found, Gorgol Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Burkina Faso, where 19 percent are found and Guinea, where 3 percent are found.
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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- 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 Boucoum
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