Boukiri Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Boukiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 32 | 1:127,964 | 7,422 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Boukiri (105) may also be a first name.
Boukiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Boukiri (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻴﺮﻱ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The surname Boukiri is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Boukiri reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Boukiri is also the 920,134th most frequently held first name globally, held by 105 people.
It is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania it is mostly concentrated in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Beside Mauritania Boukiri is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 21 percent are found and Morocco, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukiri in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻴﺮﻱ | bwkyry | - |
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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 Boukiri
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