Bouko Surname
Approximately 4,581 people bear this surname
Bouko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3,211 | 1:3,219 | 389 |
| Cameroon | 1,046 | 1:19,856 | 2,698 |
| France | 132 | 1:503,202 | 70,199 |
| Belgium | 94 | 1:122,305 | 17,923 |
| Niger | 51 | 1:376,314 | 10,650 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Bouko (1,754) may also be a first name.
Bouko Demographics
Bouko Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Religious Adherence
in Ukraine
Bouko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouko (Arabic: بخو, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻮ) is found most in Benin. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Bouko click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouko? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,767th most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,590,820 people. The surname Bouko is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bouko live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 182,874th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 1,754 people.
Bouko is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 3,211 people, or 1 in 3,219. In Benin it is most common in: Borgou Department, where 43 percent live, Atakora Department, where 31 percent live and Collines Department, where 10 percent live. Not including Benin this surname is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 23 percent live and France, where 3 percent live.
Bouko Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Bouko surname is principally Orthodox (88%) in Ukraine.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouko Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouko in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮ | bwkw | - |
| Bouko in the Arabic language | ||
| بخو | bkhw | - |
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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 Bouko
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