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
Average Bukar Salary in
United States
$48,412 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bukar.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,463rd most prevalent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 32,529 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bukar reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 11,185th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 90,151 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 222,358 people, or 1 in 797. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Borno, where 67 percent reside, Yobe, where 17 percent reside and Adamawa, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 38 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 0 percent reside and Ukraine, where 0 percent reside.
Bukar Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bukar last name is predominantly 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 national average, with 50% being registered with the political 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
- 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 Bukar
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