Bukuku Surname

36,264th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,547 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bukuku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bukuku Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania14,3231:3,696510
DR Congo1711:432,04435,878
Uganda381:1,027,34944,109
England61:9,286,343223,652
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bukuku (31) may also be a first name.

Bukuku Last Name Facts

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

Bukuku (Russian: Букуку) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukuku? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 36,264th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 500,966 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukuku live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bukuku is also the 1,874,099th most widely held first name at a global level. It is borne by 31 people.

The surname Bukuku is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 14,323 people, or 1 in 3,696. In Tanzania Bukuku is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 37 percent live, Songwe Region, where 36 percent live and Dar es Salaam Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Tanzania this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 1 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bokuku83455/
Vukuku8310/
Bukoku831/
Bukucu831/
Boukoukou805/
Bukauskus802/
Bukkoku772/
Vhukuku771/
Buqiku6739/
Bucuku677/
Vukucu672/
Bocukcu62206/
Boukikou571/
Bokoku5041/
Bokokó503/
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Bukuku Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bukuku in the Russian language
Букукуbukuku-

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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 Bukuku
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