Boukah Surname
Approximately 116 people bear this surname
Boukah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 109 | 1:37,568 | 2,954 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Boukah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﻩ) is found most in Mauritania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,691,963rd most widely held family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. The last name Boukah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 37,568. In Mauritania Boukah is most prevalent in: Trarza Region, where 39 percent are found, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 22 percent are found and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 10 percent are found. Barring Mauritania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﻩ | bkah | 87.5 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻩ | bwkah | 10.71 |
| ﺑﻮﻗﺎﻩ | bwqah | 1.79 |
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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 Boukah
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