Boukan Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Boukan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 98 | 1:783,495 | 39,531 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boukan (10) may also be a first name.
Boukan Demographics
Average Boukan Salary in
South Africa
R 688,488
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Boukan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻥ) occurs most in Iran. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukan? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,537,949th most widespread last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The surname Boukan is primarily found in Asia, where 73 percent of Boukan are found; 73 percent are found in South Asia and 73 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Boukan is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name globally, borne by 10 people.
The last name Boukan is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 783,495. In Iran it is mostly found in: Hormozgan Province, where 28 percent live, Alborz Province, where 17 percent live and Tehran Province, where 15 percent live. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 10 percent live and Niger, where 4 percent live.
Boukan Last Name Statistics demography
Boukan earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 189.72% more than the national average, earning R 688,488 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukan in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻥ | bwkan | 50 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﻥ | bkan | 50 |
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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 Boukan
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