Boukei Surname
Approximately 101 people bear this surname
Boukei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 98 | 1:235,421 | 9,552 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Boukei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukei (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻲ) occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukei? popularity and diffusion
Boukei is the 1,839,022nd most frequently held last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 72,153,920 people. The surname Boukei is predominantly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Boukei live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 98 people, or 1 in 235,421. In The Ivory Coast Boukei is mostly concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 47 percent reside, Montagnes District, where 44 percent reside and Gôh-Djiboua District, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 2 percent reside and Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukei in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 50 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺮﻱ | bwkry | 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 Boukei
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