Bukende Surname

1,364,059th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 162 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bukende Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukende Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1561:339,36925,249
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114

Bukende Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bukende is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukende? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,364,059th most numerous family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 44,984,851 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukende live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Bukende is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 339,369. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside and Uganda, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bokende86253/
Bucende861/
Bukinde861/
Bukendi861/
Bukenda861/
Buckenndge820/
Boukendi8078/
Buchende803/
Boukenda801/
Boukinde801/
Buckindge750/
Bukindi71174/
Bukinda71148/
Bokenda7178/
Bokendi7148/
Boukndi711/
Bokhnde711/
Boukinda671,324/
Boukindi67106/
Bockenda671/
Boukhndi671/
Bouchendi63281/
Bouckinda6311/
Bokinda57699/
Bokindi5789/

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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 Bukende
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