Boukey Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Boukey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Boukey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukey (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻲ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Boukey.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukey? popularity and diffusion
Boukey is the 5,812,366th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 662,504,174 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Boukey reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Boukey is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 682,477. In Mauritania Boukey is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 67 percent live, Brakna Region, where 17 percent live and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 17 percent live. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 18 percent live and Benin, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukey Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukey in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 50 |
| ﺑﻜﻲ | bky | 25 |
| ﺑﻜﻰ | bky | 25 |
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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 Boukey
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