Boruka Surname
Approximately 135 people bear this surname
Boruka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 121 | 1:381,652 | 21,791 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Boruka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boruka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boruka is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boruka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,537,949th most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. The last name Boruka occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Boruka live; 90 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
It is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 121 people, or 1 in 381,652. In Kenya it is primarily concentrated in: Garissa County, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Boruka occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 4 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Boruka
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