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) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boucoum? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,398,030th most commonly used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 46,715,038 people. The surname Boucoum 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 used in Mauritania, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 34,411. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Assaba Region, where 24 percent reside, Gorgol Region, where 22 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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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