Buker Surname
Approximately 7,489 people bear this surname
Buker Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | 3,832 | 1:1,629 | 473 |
| United States | 1,919 | 1:188,879 | 18,738 |
| India | 1,018 | 1:753,502 | 34,314 |
| Canada | 295 | 1:124,900 | 13,053 |
| Australia | 107 | 1:252,296 | 23,217 |
| Brazil | 79 | 1:2,709,802 | 80,941 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| Russia | 38 | 1:3,792,712 | 188,390 |
| Ukraine | 28 | 1:1,625,811 | 125,303 |
| Chile | 27 | 1:652,462 | 15,367 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1:995,442 | 57,680 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 533 | 1:94,219 | 9,638 |
The alternate forms: Büker (5,062) are calculated separately.
Buker (192) may also be a first name.
Buker Demographics
Average Male Buker Height
174.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Buker Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buker Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buker (Marathi: बुकेर, Russian: Букер) is found most in Libya. It can be found as a variant: Büker. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buker? popularity and diffusion
Buker is the 66,562nd most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 973,100 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Buker are found; 51 percent are found in North Africa and 51 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 655,603rd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 192 people.
This surname is most widespread in Libya, where it is borne by 3,832 people, or 1 in 1,629. Without taking into account Libya this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent reside and India, where 14 percent reside.
Buker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buker last name increased 360 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buker Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Buker last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Buker surname are 6.91% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.68% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buker earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 49.1% more than the national average, earning 515,995 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.1% more than the national average, earning R 311,532 per year; in United States they earn 1.68% more than the national average, earning $43,872 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.44% less than the national average, earning $47,476 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buker Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buker in the Marathi language | ||
| बुकेर | bukera | - |
| Buker in the Russian language | ||
| Букер | buker | - |
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Buker Reference & Research
Bowker FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Buker
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis