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 last name Boukhair (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ) occurs in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukhair? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boukhair is the 662,685th most numerous last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,087,298 people. The last name Boukhair occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Boukhair reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Mahgreb.
It is most common in Morocco, where it is borne by 239 people, or 1 in 144,251. Without taking into account Morocco Boukhair occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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