Buki Surname
Approximately 3,703 people bear this surname
Buki Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,245 | 1:59,341 | 7,086 |
| Nigeria | 1,017 | 1:174,182 | 10,767 |
| Papua New Guinea | 256 | 1:31,850 | 3,675 |
| Israel | 197 | 1:43,440 | 5,867 |
| Kenya | 179 | 1:257,988 | 17,342 |
| Indonesia | 169 | 1:782,540 | 59,655 |
| United States | 120 | 1:3,020,491 | 176,226 |
| Japan | 81 | 1:1,578,325 | 24,941 |
| Hungary | 71 | 1:138,257 | 12,695 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| India | 37 | 1:20,731,497 | 300,213 |
| Malaysia | 33 | 1:893,764 | 40,799 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Brazil | 24 | 1:8,919,764 | 194,226 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| Russia | 20 | 1:7,206,153 | 275,629 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Argentina | 9 | 1:4,749,268 | 159,873 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Büki (1,640) & Bűki (1) are calculated separately.
Buki (5,736) may also be a first name.
Buki Demographics
Average Buki Salary in
United States
$45,352 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buki Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buki Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buki (Russian: Буки) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can occur as: Büki or Bűki. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buki? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 123,309th most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,968,011 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 69 percent of Buki are found; 34 percent are found in Central Africa and 34 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 88,190th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 5,736 people.
The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,245 people, or 1 in 59,341. Apart from The DR Congo this surname exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent live.
Buki Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (67%) in Kenya and Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Buki are 14.1% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 60.87% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Buki earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 5.11% more than the national average, earning $45,352 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.3% less than the national average, earning $49,532 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buki Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buki in the Russian language | ||
| Буки | buki | - |
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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 Buki
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