Bucheche Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Bucheche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Bucheche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bucheche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bucheche is found most in Kenya. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bucheche? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bucheche is the 4,908,606th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bucheche are found; 94 percent are found in East Africa and 81 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Bucheche is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 4,617,990. In Kenya it is most common in: Bungoma County, where 90 percent are found and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 19 percent are found and Tanzania, where 13 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 Bucheche
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