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 found most in Algeria. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukena? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 948,111th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 26,404,152 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukena reside; 100 percent reside in North Africa and 100 percent reside in Mahgreb.
Boukena is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is carried by 275 people, or 1 in 140,478. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Médéa Province, where 63 percent live, Sétif Province, where 37 percent live and Blida Province, where 0 percent live. Aside from Algeria it exists in one country. It also occurs 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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