Bukuk Surname
Approximately 164 people bear this surname
Bukuk Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 82 | 1:949,042 | 43,804 |
| Papua New Guinea | 71 | 1:114,841 | 15,585 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Bükük (2) are calculated separately.
Bukuk (40) may also be a first name.
Bukuk Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukuk Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bukuk occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Bükük. For other potential spellings of Bukuk click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukuk? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bukuk is the 1,353,468th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 44,436,256 people. Bukuk occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Bukuk live; 43 percent live in Oceania Islands and 43 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held first name on earth It is held by 40 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 949,042. In Turkey Bukuk is most prevalent in: Sanliurfa Province, where 63 percent live, Adana Province, where 21 percent live and Istanbul Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Turkey this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 43 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bukuck | 91 | 1 | / |
| Butkuk | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bukuke | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bükük | 87 | 2 | / |
| Boukouk | 83 | 3 | / |
| Boukauk | 83 | 3 | / |
| Bukhukh | 83 | 2 | / |
| Beukeuk | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bucuk | 80 | 100 | / |
| Bukok | 80 | 43 | / |
| Bokuk | 80 | 9 | / |
| Bukauske | 77 | 0 | / |
| Bukucs | 73 | 78 | / |
| Bukuig | 73 | 76 | / |
| Boukok | 73 | 40 | / |
| Bokuik | 73 | 21 | / |
| Bukuqu | 73 | 7 | / |
| Buccuk | 73 | 5 | / |
| Buceuk | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bhokuk | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bukuic | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bukkug | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bukhux | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buckok | 73 | 1 | / |
| Boukhoukh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bukkock | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boukhoukhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buicuks | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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- 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 Bukuk
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