Boukheir Surname
Approximately 701 people bear this surname
Boukheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 344 | 1:11,904 | 1,175 |
| Morocco | 307 | 1:112,300 | 19,480 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 1:1,127,417 | 17,983 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Boukheir Demographics
Average Boukheir Salary in
United States
$84,464 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Boukheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boukheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukheir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 476,893rd most frequent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 10,395,929 people. The surname Boukheir occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Boukheir reside; 49 percent reside in West Africa and 49 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 344 people, or 1 in 11,904. In Mauritania Boukheir is primarily concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 47 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 15 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 15 percent reside. Beside Mauritania this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 44 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Boukheir Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Boukheir last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.
Boukheir earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 95.75% more than the national average, earning $84,464 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ | bwkhyr | 89.09 |
| ﺑﺨﻴﺮ | bkhyr | 10.91 |
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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 Boukheir
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