Boukeri Surname
Approximately 232 people bear this surname
Boukeri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 221 | 1:18,529 | 1,700 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Boukéri (3) are calculated separately.
Boukeri (13) may also be a first name.
Boukeri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukeri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukeri (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺮﻱ) is found in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Boukéri. Click here to see other potential spellings of Boukeri.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukeri? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,070,546th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Boukeri occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukeri live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Boukeri is also the 3,159,357th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 13 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 221 people, or 1 in 18,529. In Mauritania Boukeri is most common in: Gorgol Region, where 35 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 29 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 19 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 4 percent reside and Algeria, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukeri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukeri in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺮﻱ | bwkry | 74.32 |
| ﺑﻜﺮﻱ | bkry | 13.51 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻴﺮﻱ | bwkyry | 4.05 |
| ﺑﻜﺮﻯ | bkry | 4.05 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺮﻯ | bwkry | 1.35 |
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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 Boukeri
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