Bukosi Surname
Approximately 750 people bear this surname
Bukosi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 592 | 1:65,945 | 7,452 |
| Kenya | 78 | 1:592,050 | 27,720 |
| Romania | 35 | 1:573,653 | 41,852 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Bükösi (12) are calculated separately.
Bukosi (73) may also be a first name.
Bukosi Demographics
Bukosi Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Bukosi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukosi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukosi is most common in Uganda. It may be found as: Bükösi. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukosi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bukosi is the 452,572nd most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,716,728 people. Bukosi is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bukosi live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 78 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bukosi is also the 1,134,117th most widely held first name world-wide. It is borne by 73 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 592 people, or 1 in 65,945. In Uganda Bukosi is primarily concentrated in: Buyende District, where 18 percent live, Mayuge District, where 17 percent live and Kamuli District, where 16 percent live. Apart from Uganda this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent live and Romania, where 5 percent live.
Bukosi Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Bukosi surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Bukosi
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