Buke Surname
Approximately 2,547 people bear this surname
Buke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 810 | 1:57,012 | 5,648 |
| India | 336 | 1:2,282,933 | 75,058 |
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Uganda | 251 | 1:155,535 | 13,634 |
| Indonesia | 240 | 1:551,038 | 44,419 |
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Papua New Guinea | 116 | 1:70,291 | 9,164 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Solomon Islands | 37 | 1:15,676 | 2,975 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Brazil | 22 | 1:9,730,651 | 206,332 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| South Africa | 20 | 1:2,708,885 | 106,094 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Russia | 14 | 1:10,294,504 | 334,277 |
| Thailand | 10 | 1:7,063,834 | 426,148 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 11 | 1:402,715 | 14,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
The alternate forms: Büke (2,383), Bukê (1) & Buķe (1) are calculated separately.
Buke (3,153) may also be a first name.
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Buke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buke (Marathi: बुके, Oriya: ବୁେକ, Russian: Буке) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Büke, Bukê or Buķe. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 169,447th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,861,227 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Buke are found; 51 percent are found in East Africa and 29 percent are found in Cushitic Africa. Buke is also the 128,106th most commonly used forename globally. It is borne by 3,153 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 810 people, or 1 in 57,012. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Marsabit County, where 57 percent live, Isiolo County, where 35 percent live and Tharaka Nithi County, where 6 percent live. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in India, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Buke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buke surname expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland and Muslim (63%) in Kenya.
In The United States Buke are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buke earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 176.32% more than the national average, earning R 656,640 per year; in United States they earn 35.01% less than the national average, earning $28,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.21% less than the national average, earning $47,589 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buke in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁେକ | bueka | - |
| Buke in the Marathi language | ||
| बुके | buke | 90.21 |
| बूके | buke | 9.2 |
| Buke in the Russian language | ||
| Буке | buke | - |
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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 Buke
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