Bouky Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Bouky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 15 | 1:272,991 | 12,403 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Bouky (29) may also be a first name.
Bouky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bouky Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bouky (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻮﻛﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bouky.
How Common Is The Last Name Bouky? popularity and diffusion
Bouky is the 3,957,383rd most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. Bouky occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Bouky reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Bouky is also the 1,951,561st most common first name worldwide It is held by 29 people.
The last name Bouky is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 272,991. In Mauritania Bouky is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 47 percent are found, Hodh Chargui Region, where 40 percent are found and Gorgol Region, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 8 percent are found and Belgium, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bouky Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bouky in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻮﻛﻲ | bwky | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻛﻰ | bwky | 16.67 |
| ﺑﻮﻙ | bwk | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Bouky
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