Bonke Surname
Approximately 2,558 people bear this surname
Bonke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,006 | 1:80,025 | 10,108 |
| Netherlands | 354 | 1:47,704 | 8,150 |
| Kenya | 328 | 1:140,792 | 11,399 |
| United States | 169 | 1:2,144,727 | 135,635 |
| Denmark | 157 | 1:35,954 | 3,745 |
| DR Congo | 144 | 1:513,053 | 40,658 |
| South Africa | 124 | 1:436,917 | 37,311 |
| Nigeria | 48 | 1:3,690,474 | 107,175 |
| Brazil | 41 | 1:5,221,325 | 132,593 |
| Canada | 29 | 1:1,270,538 | 90,455 |
| Australia | 28 | 1:964,132 | 57,058 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Poland | 23 | 1:1,652,554 | 91,394 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Indonesia | 12 | 1:11,020,766 | 390,383 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Argentina | 4 | 1:10,685,854 | 219,200 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
The alternate forms: Bonké (17) are calculated separately.
Bonke (3,018) may also be a first name.
Bonke Demographics
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Bonke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bonke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bonke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻨﻜﻪ, Hindi: बॉंके, Marathi: बोनके, Russian: Бонке) occurs most in Germany. It can also be found in the variant forms: Bonké. For other potential spellings of Bonke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bonke? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 168,840th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 2,848,923 people. The last name Bonke occurs predominantly in Europe, where 61 percent of Bonke are found; 53 percent are found in Western Europe and 53 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Bonke is also the 131,635th most frequent forename at a global level, held by 3,018 people.
It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 1,006 people, or 1 in 80,025. In Germany Bonke is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 45 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 15 percent live and Berlin, where 11 percent live. Besides Germany Bonke occurs in 43 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent live and Kenya, where 13 percent live.
Bonke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bonke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bonke last name expanded 338 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bonke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Bonke surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Bonke surname are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.58% being registered with the party.
The amount Bonke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.79% less than the national average, earning R 93,168 per year; in United States they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $44,792 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.39% more than the national average, earning $59,811 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bonke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bonke in the Hindi language | ||
| बॉंके | bonke | 88.1 |
| बोंके | bonke | 9.52 |
| बॉंकेलाल | bonkelala | 2.38 |
| Bonke in the Marathi language | ||
| बोनके | bonake | 66.67 |
| बोन्के | bonke | 33.33 |
| Bonke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻨﻜﻪ | bnkh | 50 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﺎ | bwnka | 25 |
| ﺑﻨﻚ | bnk | 12.5 |
| ﺑﻮﻧﻜﻪ | bwnkh | 12.5 |
| Bonke in the Russian language | ||
| Бонке | bonke | - |
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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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- 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 Bonke
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