Boukem Surname
Approximately 151 people bear this surname
Boukem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 136 | 1:152,714 | 16,743 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Boukem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukem? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,428,594th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boukem are found; 90 percent are found in Central Africa and 89 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
Boukem is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 152,714. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Centre Region, where 71 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 18 percent reside and West Region, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Cameroon it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 8 percent reside and Yemen, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ | bwkwm | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻢ | bwkm | 33.33 |
| ﺑﻜﻢ | bkm | 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 Boukem
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