Buchiba Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Buchiba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchiba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Buchiba Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buchiba is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Buchiba.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchiba? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buchiba is the 7,117,718th most prevalent last name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Buchiba are found; 57 percent are found in East Africa and 57 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 11,544,975. In Kenya Buchiba is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 100 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 14 percent are found and England, where 14 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 Buchiba
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