Bukeni Surname

414,183rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 841 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bukeni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukeni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo7321:100,92811,306
Uganda911:429,00326,108
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Bukeni (184) may also be a first name.

Bukeni Last Name Facts

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

Bukeni occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukeni? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 414,183rd most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,665,334 people. The last name Bukeni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bukeni are found; 87 percent are found in Central Africa and 87 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bukeni is also the 671,014th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 184 people.

This last name is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 100,928. Not including The DR Congo this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

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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 Bukeni
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