El Boukhary Surname

181,730th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,341 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Boukhary Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Boukhary Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania2,3321:1,756223
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497

El Boukhary (296) may also be a first name.

El Boukhary Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Boukhary Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Boukhary (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺒﺨﺎﺭﻱ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Boukhary? popularity and diffusion

The last name El Boukhary is the 181,730th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,113,006 people. The last name El Boukhary is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of El Boukhary live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Senegambia Africa. El Boukhary is also the 512,632nd most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 296 people.

The surname El Boukhary is most common in Mauritania, where it is held by 2,332 people, or 1 in 1,756. In Mauritania El Boukhary is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 22 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 13 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

El Boukhary Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Boukhary in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺒﺨﺎﺭﻱalbkhary86.71
ﺍﻟﺒﺨﺎﺭﻯalbkhary12.69
ﺍﻟﺒﺨﺎﺭalbkhar0.24
ﺍﻟﺒﻮﺧﺎﺭﻱalbwkhary0.24
ﺑﻮﺧﻴﺮbwkhyr0.12

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Footnotes

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