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
Bukafu is carried by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukafu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,121,821st most common surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukafu are found; 52 percent are found in Southern Africa and 52 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Bukafu is most numerous in Zambia, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 140,265. In Zambia Bukafu is most common in: Copperbelt Province, where 73 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 17 percent are found and Luapula Province, where 5 percent are found. Other than Zambia Bukafu occurs in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 48 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 Bukafu
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