Buka Surname
Approximately 22,703 people bear this surname
Buka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 6,840 | 1:1,192 | 40 |
| DR Congo | 3,475 | 1:21,260 | 2,693 |
| Nigeria | 2,177 | 1:81,370 | 5,762 |
| Indonesia | 1,775 | 1:74,507 | 7,980 |
| Philippines | 1,318 | 1:76,812 | 13,288 |
| Russia | 1,033 | 1:139,519 | 16,266 |
| India | 737 | 1:1,040,794 | 43,436 |
| Latvia | 647 | 1:3,169 | 405 |
| South Africa | 528 | 1:102,609 | 12,417 |
| Zimbabwe | 513 | 1:30,094 | 4,626 |
| Botswana | 469 | 1:4,663 | 715 |
| Belarus | 339 | 1:28,027 | 4,857 |
| Ukraine | 308 | 1:147,801 | 20,637 |
| Turkey | 270 | 1:288,227 | 19,094 |
| Cameroon | 245 | 1:84,772 | 10,298 |
| Solomon Islands | 244 | 1:2,377 | 215 |
| Malawi | 235 | 1:72,847 | 9,384 |
| Hungary | 223 | 1:44,019 | 4,691 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| United States | 128 | 1:2,831,710 | 167,846 |
| Tanzania | 108 | 1:490,200 | 32,950 |
| Poland | 102 | 1:372,635 | 40,973 |
| Albania | 100 | 1:29,141 | 4,583 |
| Uganda | 77 | 1:507,004 | 28,868 |
| Czechia | 68 | 1:156,375 | 24,047 |
| Kazakhstan | 55 | 1:321,500 | 26,592 |
| Zambia | 48 | 1:330,207 | 17,862 |
| England | 48 | 1:1,160,793 | 54,689 |
| Kenya | 33 | 1:1,399,391 | 35,649 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Serbia | 26 | 1:274,806 | 14,599 |
| Mongolia | 26 | 1:108,665 | 7,123 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Slovakia | 8 | 1:667,056 | 68,191 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Lithuania | 6 | 1:505,765 | 19,342 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Uruguay | 4 | 1:857,940 | 31,713 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Transnistria | 3 | 1:158,233 | 13,093 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Būka (1) are calculated separately.
Buka (10,517) may also be a first name.
Buka Demographics
Average Buka Salary in
United States
$45,666 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buka (Georgian: ბუკა, Hindi: बुका, Marathi: बुका, Oriya: ବୁକା, Russian: Бука) occurs most in Papua New Guinea. It may also occur in the variant forms: Būka. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buka? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 23,845th most widespread last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 320,995 people. The last name Buka occurs mostly in Africa, where 36 percent of Buka reside; 32 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 30 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 59,240th most common given name world-wide, borne by 10,517 people.
The surname Buka is most commonly occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 6,840 people, or 1 in 1,192. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Southern Highlands, where 25 percent live, Enga, where 10 percent live and Eastern Highlands, where 9 percent live. Not including Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 81 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.
Buka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buka has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buka last name grew 1,280 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Buka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (90%) in Belarus, Christian (100%) in Kenya, Muslim (90%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Buka last name are 25.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 72.41% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Buka earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 23.8% less than the national average, earning R 181,080 per year; in United States they earn 5.83% more than the national average, earning $45,666 USD per year and in Canada they earn 18.63% more than the national average, earning $58,937 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buka in the Georgian language | ||
| ბუკა | buka | - |
| Buka in the Marathi language | ||
| बुका | buka | 96.1 |
| बूका | buka | 3.9 |
| Buka in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁକା | buka | 94.19 |
| ବୁକ | buka | 5.81 |
| Buka in the Hindi language | ||
| बुका | buka | 77.78 |
| बूका | buka | 22.22 |
| Buka in the Russian language | ||
| Бука | buka | - |
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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 Buka
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