Boukhreiss Surname
Approximately 838 people bear this surname
Boukhreiss Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 836 | 1:4,898 | 588 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
The alternate forms: Boukhreïss (12) & Boukhréiss (1) are calculated separately.
Boukhreiss (214) may also be a first name.
Boukhreiss Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukhreiss Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Boukhreiss (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﺧﺮﻳﺺ) is borne by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Boukhreïss or Boukhréiss. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukhreiss? popularity and diffusion
The surname Boukhreiss is the 415,385th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 8,696,356 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Boukhreiss live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Boukhreiss is also the 617,781st most commonly occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 214 people.
The last name is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 836 people, or 1 in 4,898. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 20 percent live, Gorgol Region, where 14 percent live and Hodh Chargui Region, where 12 percent live. Apart from Mauritania it occurs in one country. It also occurs in France, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukhreiss Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukhreiss in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﺧﺮﻳﺺ | bwkhrys | 95.09 |
| ﺑﻮﺍﺧﺮﻳﺺ | bwakhrys | 3.16 |
| ﺑﻮﺧﺮﻳﺲ | bwkhrys | 1.05 |
| ﺑﺨﺮﻳﺺ | bkhrys | 0.35 |
| ﺑﻮﺧﺮﺹ | bwkhrs | 0.35 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Boukhreiss
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