Boukam Surname
Approximately 309 people bear this surname
Boukam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 295 | 1:70,404 | 8,845 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Boukam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻡ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukam? popularity and diffusion
It is the 874,560th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Boukam live; 95 percent live in Central Africa and 95 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Boukam is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 70,404. In Cameroon Boukam is most common in: West Region, where 37 percent live, Littoral Region, where 31 percent live and Centre Region, where 31 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Boukam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Boukam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Boukam last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukam in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻡ | bwkam | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Boukam
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