Boukher Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Boukher Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Boukher Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukher Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukher (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukher? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,908,606th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Boukher reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is primarily concentrated in: Adrar Region, where 45 percent reside, Tiris Zemmour Region, where 36 percent reside and Tagant Region, where 9 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 13 percent reside and Israel, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukher Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukher in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮ | bwkhyr | 71.43 |
| ﺑﺨﻴﺮ | bkhyr | 28.57 |
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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 Boukher
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