Bukene Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Bukene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 193 | 1:274,309 | 21,578 |
| DR Congo | 164 | 1:450,485 | 36,956 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bukene (131) may also be a first name.
Bukene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukene Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bukene is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Bukene click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukene? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 769,129th most commonly occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 19,696,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukene are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 811,108th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 131 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 274,309. In Tanzania Bukene is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 93 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 2 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 2 percent reside. Other than Tanzania Bukene is found in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and Burundi, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Bukene
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