Bukavu Surname
Approximately 455 people bear this surname
Bukavu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 233 | 1:317,080 | 28,591 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bukavu (52) may also be a first name.
Bukavu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukavu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bukavu (Marathi: बुकावु) is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukavu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bukavu is the 660,498th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 16,016,584 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bukavu are found; 52 percent are found in Central Africa and 51 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bukavu is also the 1,381,723rd most frequently occurring forename internationally It is held by 52 people.
This last name is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 233 people, or 1 in 317,080. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 43 percent are found and Rwanda, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bukavu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bukavu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुकावु | bukavu | 50 |
| बुकवू | bukavu | 50 |
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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 Bukavu
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