Bukom Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Bukom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 38 | 1:214,572 | 29,580 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bukom (30) may also be a first name.
Bukom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bukom is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukom? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,100,440th most prevalent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Bukom reside; 95 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 95 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. Bukom is also the 1,911,214th most frequently held forename in the world, borne by 30 people.
The last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 38 people, or 1 in 214,572. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Madang, where 74 percent reside, Southern Highlands, where 24 percent reside and Bougainville, where 3 percent reside. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Bukom
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