Buchuni Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buchuni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buchuni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Buchuni (224) may also be a first name.

Buchuni Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buchuni (Hindi: बुचुनी, Oriya: ବୁଚୁନୀ) is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buchuni? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buchuni is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname Buchuni occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buchuni live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 601,629th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 224 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Buchuni is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent reside. Beside Tanzania Buchuni is found in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 20 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Buchuni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buchuni in the Hindi language
बुचुनीbucuni90.28
बुचूनीbucuni8.33
बूचूनीbucuni1.39
Buchuni in the Oriya language
ବୁଚୁନୀbucuni66.67
ବୁଚୁନିbucuni33.33

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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 Buchuni
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