Bukanga Surname

337,263rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,092 people bear this surname

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

Bukanga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukanga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0401:71,0388,316
Zambia321:495,31022,215
Uganda101:3,903,92893,934
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Bukanga (181) may also be a first name.

Bukanga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bukanga occurs more in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bukanga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukanga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 337,263rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, held by around 1 in 6,673,577 people. The last name Bukanga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukanga reside; 95 percent reside in Central Africa and 95 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 677,199th most common first name internationally, borne by 181 people.

Bukanga is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,040 people, or 1 in 71,038. Not including The DR Congo it occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 3 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Bukanga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Bukanga
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