Bukui Surname
Approximately 119 people bear this surname
Bukui Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bukui (1,157) may also be a first name.
Bukui Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukui Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bukui (Hindi: बुकुई) is found most in Uganda. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukui? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,666,404th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 61,239,882 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 74 percent of Bukui live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bukui is also the 233,698th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 1,157 people.
Bukui is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 470,353. In Uganda Bukui is primarily concentrated in: Pallisa District, where 61 percent are found, Kibuku District, where 25 percent are found and Budaka District, where 11 percent are found. Not including Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bukui Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bukui in the Hindi language | ||
| बुकुई | buku'i | - |
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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 Bukui
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