Bukanda Surname

2,203,767th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 74 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bukanda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukanda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bukanda (16) may also be a first name.

Bukanda Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bukanda Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bukanda is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukanda? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bukanda is the 2,203,767th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name Bukanda occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukanda reside; 93 percent reside in Central Africa and 93 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bukanda is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous first name internationally, borne by 16 people.

The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Aside from The DR Congo this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 5 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 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
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  • 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 Bukanda
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