Boukhair Surname
Approximately 453 people bear this surname
Boukhair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Mauritania | 205 | 1:19,975 | 1,807 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Boukhair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukhair Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukhair (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ) has its highest incidence in Morocco. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Boukhair click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukhair? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 662,685th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 16,087,298 people. The last name Boukhair occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Boukhair reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Mahgreb.
This surname is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Not including Morocco Boukhair occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 45 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukhair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukhair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ | bwkhyr | 81.48 |
| ﺑﺨﻴﺮ | bkhyr | 17.28 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﺨﻴﺮ | balkhyr | 1.23 |
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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 Boukhair
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