Bukar Surname
Approximately 224,032 people bear this surname
Bukar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 222,358 | 1:797 | 96 |
| Kazakhstan | 840 | 1:21,051 | 3,016 |
| Ukraine | 217 | 1:209,782 | 28,188 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United States | 64 | 1:5,663,421 | 279,165 |
| Indonesia | 48 | 1:2,755,192 | 158,430 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Turkey | 21 | 1:3,705,782 | 95,296 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1:44,660,971 | 115,884 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Bukar (90,151) may also be a first name.
Bukar Demographics
Bukar Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bukar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukar (Hindi: बुकर, Marathi: बुकार, Oriya: ବୁକାର, Russian: Букарь) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bukar.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,463rd most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 32,529 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bukar are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bukar is also the 11,185th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 90,151 people.
The surname Bukar is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 222,358 people, or 1 in 797. In Nigeria Bukar is most numerous in: Borno, where 67 percent live, Yobe, where 17 percent live and Adamawa, where 2 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Bukar is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Kazakhstan, where 0 percent live and Ukraine, where 0 percent live.
Bukar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia, Muslim (94%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Bukar last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 50% being registered with the party.
Bukar earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.2% more than the national average, earning $48,412 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bukar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bukar in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁକାର | bukara | - |
| Bukar in the Hindi language | ||
| बुकर | bukara | 83.33 |
| बुकार | bukara | 16.67 |
| Bukar in the Marathi language | ||
| बुकार | bukara | 66.67 |
| बुकर | bukara | 33.33 |
| Bukar in the Russian language | ||
| Букарь | bukar | - |
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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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- 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 Bukar
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