Bukelis Surname

1,718,748th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lithuania
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Bukelis Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukelis Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lithuania811:37,4646,414
Latvia231:89,13212,995
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

The alternate forms: Buķelis (1) are calculated separately.

Bukelis Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bukelis Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Bukelis occurs more in Lithuania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant: Buķelis. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukelis? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,718,748th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 64,491,557 people. The surname Bukelis occurs mostly in Europe, where 97 percent of Bukelis live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 92 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Bukelis is most frequently used in Lithuania, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 37,464. In Lithuania it is most numerous in: Kaunas County, where 48 percent live, Telšiai County, where 40 percent live and Panevėžys County, where 7 percent live. Excluding Lithuania Bukelis is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Latvia, where 20 percent live and Germany, where 2 percent live.

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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 Bukelis
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