Boukoum Surname
Approximately 200 people bear this surname
Boukoum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 86 | 1:47,615 | 3,531 |
| Burkina Faso | 76 | 1:241,475 | 4,792 |
| France | 17 | 1:3,907,219 | 231,005 |
| Tunisia | 8 | 1:76,328 | 12,820 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Boukoum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boukoum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boukoum (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻢ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Boukoum? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,185,157th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Boukoum reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 44 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
Boukoum is most frequently used in Mauritania, where it is carried by 86 people, or 1 in 47,615. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Trarza Region, where 34 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 29 percent live and Gorgol Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 38 percent live and France, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Boukoum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Boukoum in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻢ | bwkm | 93.33 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻮﻡ | bwkwm | 6.67 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Boukoum
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