Bukam Surname
Approximately 747 people bear this surname
Bukam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 215 | 1:96,600 | 11,495 |
| Thailand | 167 | 1:422,984 | 74,095 |
| India | 160 | 1:4,794,159 | 122,003 |
| Nigeria | 90 | 1:1,968,253 | 69,534 |
| Turkey | 57 | 1:1,365,288 | 55,259 |
| Papua New Guinea | 52 | 1:156,802 | 21,647 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Bukam (92) may also be a first name.
Bukam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukam (Marathi: बुकम) is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukam? popularity and diffusion
Bukam is the 453,909th most frequent last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 9,755,751 people. The surname Bukam is mostly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Bukam reside; 28 percent reside in Central Africa and 28 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bukam is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 92 people.
The last name Bukam is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 215 people, or 1 in 96,600. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 38 percent live, Littoral Region, where 29 percent live and West Region, where 25 percent live. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 22 percent live and India, where 21 percent live.
Bukam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bukam has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name decreased 75 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bukam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bukam in the Marathi language | ||
| बुकम | bukama | 86.29 |
| बूकम | bukama | 13.71 |
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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 Bukam
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