Bukeng Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bukeng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukeng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Indonesia91:14,694,355460,137
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Bukeng (49) may also be a first name.

Bukeng Last Name Facts

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

Bukeng is carried by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Bukeng.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukeng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,432,070th most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. Bukeng is predominantly found in Oceania, where 52 percent of Bukeng live; 52 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,430,306th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 49 people.

It is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 479,630. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Madang, where 53 percent reside and Morobe, where 47 percent reside. Aside from Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 27 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boukeng92163/
Beukeng921/
Buskeng920/
Bukng912/
Boukieng8617/
Bukengqe861/
Buking83334/
Bokeng83312/
Buceng8323/
Bucking77207/
Bugking7730/
Bouking7727/
Bokieng7716/
Bukenke774/
Bucheng773/
Mpukeng773/
Bauking772/
Buqueng772/
Bueking771/
Budking771/
Butking771/
Bokng731/
Buecking7182/
Boucheng7153/
Mphukeng717/
Bushking715/
Beusking711/
Buckingh711/
Vougkeng711/
Buisking710/
Boking67120/
Buqing672/
Buschking671/
Bukink671/
Büking671/
Bucing670/

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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 Bukeng
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