Bhuku Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Bhuku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 162 | 1:95,298 | 13,521 |
| South Africa | 98 | 1:552,834 | 43,423 |
| India | 36 | 1:21,307,372 | 304,812 |
Bhuku (332) may also be a first name.
Bhuku Demographics
Average Bhuku Salary in
South Africa
R 103,584
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Bhuku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bhuku Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bhuku (Hindi: भुकु, Marathi: भुकु, Oriya: ଭୁକୁ, Tibetan: བུ་ཀུ།) is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Bhuku.
How Common Is The Last Name Bhuku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 902,012th most numerous family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 24,620,088 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bhuku are found; 88 percent are found in Southern Africa and 88 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 480,499th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 332 people.
It is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 95,298. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 44 percent reside, Masvingo Province, where 27 percent reside and Manicaland Province, where 22 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 33 percent reside and India, where 12 percent reside.
Bhuku Last Name Statistics demography
Bhuku earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 56.41% less than the national average, earning R 103,584 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bhuku Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bhuku in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ཀུ། | buku | - |
| Bhuku in the Oriya language | ||
| ଭୁକୁ | bhuku | 91.67 |
| ଭୂକୁ | bhuku | 8.33 |
| Bhuku in the Hindi language | ||
| भुकु | bhuku | 50 |
| भुकू | bhuku | 25 |
| भुकुआ | bhuku'a | 25 |
| Bhuku in the Marathi language | ||
| भुकु | bhuku | 34.78 |
| िभकू | ibhaku | 30.43 |
| िभकु | ibhaku | 17.39 |
| भुकू | bhuku | 13.04 |
| भूकू | bhuku | 4.35 |
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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 Bhuku
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