Boukeye Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Boukeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Boukeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻲ) is most common in Mauritania. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Boukeye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukeye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,360,413th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. Boukeye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukeye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Boukeye is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Boukeye is most common in: Trarza Region, where 88 percent are found and Brakna Region, where 13 percent are found. Without taking into account Mauritania it is found in one country. It is also common in Niger, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻜﻲ | bky | 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
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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 Boukeye
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