Bukhwele Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bukhwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukhwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe191:812,53955,590
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250

Bukhwele Last Name Facts

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

Bukhwele is most common in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Bukhwele click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukhwele? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bukhwele is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukhwele reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 812,539. In Zimbabwe Bukhwele is mostly concentrated in: Bulawayo Province, where 53 percent reside, Harare Province, where 42 percent reside and Matabeleland South Province, where 5 percent reside. Not including Zimbabwe this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 29 percent reside and Botswana, where 4 percent reside.

Bukhwele Last Name Statistics demography

Bukhwele earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 72.2% less than the national average, earning R 66,060 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bukwele9342/
Bokhwele8861/
Bukweli8022/
Buckwel800/
Buckwell75830/
Buchweiller7478/
Buchwiler711/
Buchwheal710/
Bukhuila631/
Bookwell631/
Bookweil630/
Buckwill630/
Boockwell590/
Bukbail535/
Bokvela531/
Buqwili531/
Boekvel531/

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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 Bukhwele
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