Boukena Surname
Approximately 276 people bear this surname
Boukena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 275 | 1:140,478 | 18,937 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Boukena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukena Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻦ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Boukena click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukena? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 948,111th most widely held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 26,404,152 people. The last name Boukena is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukena are found; 100 percent are found in North Africa and 100 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 275 people, or 1 in 140,478. In Algeria Boukena is most numerous in: Médéa Province, where 63 percent live, Sétif Province, where 37 percent live and Blida Province, where 0 percent live. Besides Algeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻦ | bwkn | - |
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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 Boukena
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