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 can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukiri? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,555,468th most common family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Boukiri occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Boukiri live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 920,134th most commonly used forename internationally. It is borne by 105 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 127,964. In Mauritania Boukiri is most prevalent in: Gorgol Region, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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