Bukr Surname

470,273rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 714 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Bukr Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukr Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7111:249,14614,419
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Bukr (20) may also be a first name.

Bukr Last Name Facts

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

Bukr (Russian: Букр) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukr? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 470,273rd most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,206,647 people. The last name Bukr is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukr live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Bukr is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 20 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 711 people, or 1 in 249,146. In Nigeria Bukr is mostly found in: Borno, where 99 percent live, Yobe, where 1 percent live and Adamawa, where 0 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 0 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 percent live.

Bukr Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Bukr surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Boukr8911/
Bukhr892/
Baukr891/
Buskr891/
Buiker8014/
Bhutkr801/
Bukhrr801/
Buyker801/
Bokr75132/
Buqr752/
Buicker7315/
Bukrova732/
Bhukkrr731/
Bukhrova6724/
Bukehere675/
Boucr672/
Baucr671/
Buqur671/
Bokær671/
Bookr671/
Buycr671/
Bhikr671/
Biekr670/
Bucrh670/
Busscr602/
Boeckr602/
Bükeher559/
Bocr502/

Bukr Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bukr in the Russian language
Букрbukr-

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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 Bukr
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