Bukama Surname
Approximately 1,988 people bear this surname
Bukama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,402 | 1:52,696 | 6,355 |
| Zambia | 445 | 1:35,618 | 3,595 |
| Uganda | 127 | 1:307,396 | 21,163 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bukama (293) may also be a first name.
Bukama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukama is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukama? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 208,113th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,665,768 people. The last name Bukama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukama are found; 71 percent are found in Central Africa and 71 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 515,650th most common forename worldwide It is held by 293 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,402 people, or 1 in 52,696. Aside from The DR Congo this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 22 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
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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 Bukama
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