Boukar Surname
Approximately 97,389 people bear this surname
Boukar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 38,273 | 1:543 | 33 |
| Niger | 30,250 | 1:634 | 105 |
| Chad | 25,611 | 1:531 | 60 |
| Algeria | 1,551 | 1:24,908 | 4,543 |
| Morocco | 1,261 | 1:27,340 | 4,350 |
| Mauritania | 226 | 1:18,119 | 1,665 |
| France | 83 | 1:800,274 | 96,515 |
| Spain | 66 | 1:708,364 | 30,810 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Boukar (38,747) may also be a first name.
Boukar Demographics
Average Boukar Salary in
United States
$12,179 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boukar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boukar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺎﺭ, Marathi: बोउकार, Oriya: େବୗକାର) has its highest incidence in Cameroon. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Boukar.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukar? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,794th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 74,829 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukar live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 22,819th most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 38,747 people.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 38,273 people, or 1 in 543. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Far North Region, where 85 percent live, North Region, where 8 percent live and Centre Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon Boukar exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 31 percent live and Chad, where 26 percent live.
Boukar Last Name Statistics demography
Boukar earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 71.77% less than the national average, earning $12,179 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukar in the Oriya language | ||
| େବୗକାର | ebakara | - |
| Boukar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺎﺭ | bwkar | 72.73 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺮ | bwkr | 16.67 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﺭ | bkar | 10.61 |
| Boukar in the Marathi language | ||
| बोउकार | bo'ukara | 66.67 |
| बोउकर | bo'ukara | 33.33 |
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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 Boukar
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