Boukir Surname
Approximately 4,553 people bear this surname
Boukir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,934 | 1:13,167 | 2,342 |
| Morocco | 1,431 | 1:24,092 | 3,775 |
| France | 130 | 1:510,944 | 71,022 |
| Spain | 50 | 1:935,041 | 35,950 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Boukir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻴﺮ) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukir? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 103,313th most frequently held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,600,603 people. The last name Boukir is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Boukir are found; 96 percent are found in North Africa and 96 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The surname is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 2,934 people, or 1 in 13,167. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Béjaïa Province, where 100 percent reside, Souk Ahras Province, where 0 percent reside and Boumerdès Province, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 31 percent reside and France, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻴﺮ | bwkyr | - |
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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 Boukir
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