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
Boukan (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﻥ) is more commonly found in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,537,949th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Boukan is mostly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Boukan live; 73 percent live in South Asia and 73 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name on earth, borne by 10 people.
The last name Boukan is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 98 people, or 1 in 783,495. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Hormozgan Province, where 28 percent are found, Alborz Province, where 17 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 15 percent are found. Apart from Iran this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 10 percent are found and Niger, where 4 percent are found.
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
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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 Boukan
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