Buken Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Buken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 50 | 1:1,610,109 | 95,088 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| United States | 23 | 1:15,759,084 | 542,937 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Büken (778) are calculated separately.
Buken (556) may also be a first name.
Buken Demographics
Average Buken Salary in
United States
$63,422 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buken (Hindi: बुकेन, Marathi: बुरकेन, Oriya: ବୁେକନ୍, Russian: Букен) occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Büken. Click here for other possible spellings of Buken.
How Common Is The Last Name Buken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,415,499th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 44 percent of Buken are found; 34 percent are found in Western Europe and 34 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 356,749th most prevalent given name world-wide, borne by 556 people.
It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 1,610,109. In Germany Buken is mostly found in: Lower Saxony, where 98 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 2 percent live. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 15 percent live.
Buken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Buken has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buken last name increased 1,150 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Buken surname are 46.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 92.86% being registered with the party.
Buken earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 46.98% more than the national average, earning $63,422 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buken in the Hindi language | ||
| बुकेन | bukena | - |
| Buken in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁେକନ୍ | buekan | - |
| Buken in the Marathi language | ||
| बुरकेन | burakena | - |
| Buken in the Russian language | ||
| Букен | buken | - |
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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 Buken
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