Bouksa Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Bouksa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 39 | 1:104,996 | 6,429 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
Bouksa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouksa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bouksa (Arabic: بخصا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﺴﻪ) is borne 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 last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouksa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name Bouksa occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bouksa reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 104,996. In Mauritania Bouksa is most common in: Adrar Region, where 49 percent live, Brakna Region, where 36 percent live and Assaba Region, where 13 percent live. Excluding Mauritania Bouksa exists in one country. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouksa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouksa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﺴﻪ | bwksh | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﺲ | bwks | 33.33 |
| Bouksa in the Arabic language | ||
| بخصا | bkhsa | - |
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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 Bouksa
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