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
Boukam (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻡ) is found most in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Boukam.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 874,560th most frequently used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. Boukam is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Boukam reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
Boukam is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 295 people, or 1 in 70,404. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: West Region, where 37 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 31 percent are found and Centre Region, where 31 percent are found. Besides Cameroon this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found and Thailand, where 1 percent are found.
Boukam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Boukam has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying 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
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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 Boukam
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