Bakuluma Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Bakuluma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bakuluma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia831:190,96312,723
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bakuluma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bakuluma is found most frequently in Zambia. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bakuluma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 2,047,559th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. The surname Bakuluma is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bakuluma live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most frequently held in Zambia, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 190,963. In Zambia Bakuluma is most common in: Lusaka Province, where 57 percent live, Copperbelt Province, where 35 percent live and Southern Province, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia it is found in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bakoulouma891/
Bakulima8813/
Bakuloma8811/
Bakulumi881/
Bakoulloma781/
Bokoluma754/
Bacuylima7125/
Bacuelima713/
Baculihma711/
Bacullima711/
Bakolomo637/
Bokoloma633/
Bakolome631/
Bakolomi631/
Baekilimo594/
Baikilimo591/
Bacqilima591/
Bokolome504/

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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 Bakuluma
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