Bouka Surname
Approximately 14,879 people bear this surname
Bouka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 5,171 | 1:965 | 156 |
| Gabon | 2,223 | 1:850 | 143 |
| Benin | 1,779 | 1:5,810 | 773 |
| Morocco | 1,091 | 1:31,600 | 5,064 |
| Togo | 1,050 | 1:6,903 | 1,501 |
| Niger | 970 | 1:19,786 | 1,247 |
| Algeria | 587 | 1:65,812 | 10,795 |
| Greece | 502 | 1:22,071 | 3,225 |
| Mauritania | 369 | 1:11,097 | 1,119 |
| Cameroon | 262 | 1:79,271 | 9,721 |
| Indonesia | 247 | 1:535,422 | 43,307 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Ivory Coast | 80 | 1:288,390 | 10,979 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Papua New Guinea | 44 | 1:185,312 | 25,733 |
| Czechia | 17 | 1:625,498 | 60,070 |
| Madagascar | 16 | 1:1,478,115 | 2,908 |
| Sweden | 15 | 1:656,450 | 48,545 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
Bouka (3,987) may also be a first name.
Bouka Demographics
Average Bouka Salary in
Canada
$52,714 CAD
Per year
Average Salary in
Canada
$49,683 CAD
Per year
Bouka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouka (Arabic: بوقي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻪ, Hindi: बोउका, Marathi: बौका) is found most frequently in The Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 35,506th most frequently occurring family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 489,787 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bouka live; 51 percent live in Central Africa and 51 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Bouka is also the 110,655th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 3,987 people.
The last name is most commonly used in The Congo, where it is carried by 5,171 people, or 1 in 965. In The Congo it is primarily concentrated in: Brazzaville Department, where 28 percent live, Sangha Department, where 23 percent live and Pointe-Noire Department, where 19 percent live. Outside of The Congo it exists in 51 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 15 percent live and Benin, where 12 percent live.
Bouka Last Name Statistics demography
Bouka earn somewhat more than the average income. In Canada they earn 6.1% more than the national average, earning $52,714 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouka in the Hindi language | ||
| बोउका | bo'uka | - |
| Bouka in the Marathi language | ||
| बौका | bauka | - |
| Bouka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻪ | bwkh | 44.85 |
| ﺑﻮﻙ | bwk | 38.79 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 5.45 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎ | bwka | 4.24 |
| ﺑﻜﻪ | bkh | 2.42 |
| Bouka in the Arabic language | ||
| بوقي | bwqy | - |
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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 Bouka
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