Buks Surname
Approximately 662 people bear this surname
Buks Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 288 | 1:131,975 | 19,285 |
| Latvia | 128 | 1:16,016 | 2,380 |
| Russia | 53 | 1:2,719,303 | 152,706 |
| Argentina | 40 | 1:1,068,585 | 65,578 |
| United States | 38 | 1:9,538,393 | 399,091 |
| Germany | 26 | 1:3,096,364 | 143,912 |
| Pakistan | 11 | 1:16,240,353 | 64,496 |
| Ukraine | 8 | 1:5,690,337 | 241,823 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Northern Ireland | 6 | 1:307,506 | 12,899 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 1:5,894,165 | 166,702 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 1:3,587,049 | 158,810 |
The alternate forms: Bukś (1) & Büks (1) are calculated separately.
Buks (345) may also be a first name.
Buks Demographics
Buks Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Buks Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buks Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buks (Hindi: बुक्स, Russian: Букс) is most common in Poland. It can also be found as a variant: Bukś or Büks. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buks? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 497,847th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 11,008,378 people. Buks is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of Buks are found; 50 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 44 percent are found in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 469,697th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 345 people.
The last name is most widely held in Poland, where it is borne by 288 people, or 1 in 131,975. Without taking into account Poland this last name occurs in 32 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 19 percent are found and Russia, where 8 percent are found.
Buks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Buks has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 271 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buks Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Buks surname is predominantly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States Buks are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.
Buks earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.9% less than the national average, earning $34,132 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buks Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buks in the Hindi language | ||
| बुक्स | buksa | 75 |
| बक्स | baksa | 25 |
| Buks in the Russian language | ||
| Букс | buks | - |
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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
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- 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 Buks
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