Bukafu Surname
Approximately 216 people bear this surname
Bukafu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 113 | 1:140,265 | 10,259 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
Bukafu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukafu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bukafu is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bukafu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukafu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bukafu is the 1,121,821st most widely held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The last name Bukafu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukafu reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Zambia, where it is borne by 113 people, or 1 in 140,265. In Zambia Bukafu is most frequent in: Copperbelt Province, where 73 percent reside, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent reside and Luapula Province, where 5 percent reside. Other than Zambia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 48 percent reside.
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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 Bukafu
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