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 last name Boukem (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ) occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Boukem click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,428,594th most common family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 48,261,893 people. The surname Boukem occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Boukem reside; 90 percent reside in Central Africa and 89 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
It is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is carried by 136 people, or 1 in 152,714. In Cameroon Boukem is mostly found in: Centre Region, where 71 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 18 percent are found and West Region, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 8 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 percent are found.
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
- 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 Boukem
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