Bukawa Surname
Approximately 378 people bear this surname
Bukawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 301 | 1:129,699 | 12,007 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Bukawa (20) may also be a first name.
Bukawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bukawa is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bukawa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukawa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 757,040th most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,279,222 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Bukawa live; 80 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly occurring forename worldwide, borne by 20 people.
It is most frequently held in Uganda, where it is borne by 301 people, or 1 in 129,699. In Uganda Bukawa is mostly concentrated in: Bududa District, where 56 percent are found, Manafwa District, where 19 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bukahwa | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bukaway | 92 | 3 | / |
| Bukaiwa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bukaawa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bukaywa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bukawat | 92 | 1 | / |
| Buckaway | 86 | 33 | / |
| Bukowa | 83 | 1,169 | / |
| Bokawa | 83 | 235 | / |
| Bukava | 83 | 25 | / |
| Bukawe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bucawa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bukawo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bukaeva | 77 | 1,266 | / |
| Bukhowa | 77 | 108 | / |
| Bukavaz | 77 | 29 | / |
| Butkawi | 77 | 13 | / |
| Buskowa | 77 | 10 | / |
| Bikahwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Bucaywa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Butkawe | 77 | 2 | / |
| Boukawi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Bukaswe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bukkava | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bukawei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bukehwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buskawe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bukhaeva | 71 | 393 | / |
| Bukowatz | 71 | 11 | / |
| Boukaïba | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bukovaya | 71 | 4 | / |
| Baukaeva | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bokhawah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Butkawee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukhowah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukaeva | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukouwa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boogkawa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukabha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhukavad | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukhawi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukavatz | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukavath | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boukhaba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukova | 67 | 2,085 | / |
| Bukowy | 67 | 783 | / |
| Boukoubaa | 67 | 271 | / |
| Bokowa | 67 | 99 | / |
| Bucawe | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bukeva | 67 | 38 | / |
| Bukave | 67 | 13 | / |
| Bucowa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bukabe | 67 | 11 | / |
| Bokawe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bhaukavad | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bocawa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buthkawee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bukavi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bokawo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boukaaiba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bukowe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buschkowa | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Bukawa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis