Bukelwa Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Bukelwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bukelwa (14,530) may also be a first name.
Bukelwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukelwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bukelwa is found in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukelwa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Bukelwa reside; 40 percent reside in Southern Africa and 40 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Bukelwa is also the 47,442nd most prevalent first name globally, held by 14,530 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 73,879,570. Besides The DR Congo it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 20 percent are found and Lesotho, where 20 percent are found.
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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 Bukelwa
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