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
Bukama has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukama? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bukama is the 208,113th most frequently used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,665,768 people. The surname Bukama occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukama reside; 71 percent reside in Central Africa and 71 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 515,650th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 293 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,402 people, or 1 in 52,696. Excluding The DR Congo it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 22 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 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 Bukama
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