Bukaya Surname
Approximately 658 people bear this surname
Bukaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 383 | 1:192,897 | 19,402 |
| Kenya | 155 | 1:297,935 | 18,952 |
| Tanzania | 70 | 1:756,309 | 41,721 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Bukaya (143) may also be a first name.
Bukaya Demographics
Bukaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bukaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bukaya (Oriya: ବୁକାୟ) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukaya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 500,196th most frequently held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 11,075,298 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Bukaya reside; 58 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Bukaya is also the 772,378th most frequent forename world-wide. It is borne by 143 people.
The surname is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 383 people, or 1 in 192,897. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 24 percent reside and Tanzania, where 11 percent reside.
Bukaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bukaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bukaya in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁକାୟ | bukaya | 75 |
| ବୁକାୟା | bukaya | 25 |
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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 Bukaya
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