Bukungu Surname
Approximately 591 people bear this surname
Bukungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| Tanzania | 219 | 1:241,743 | 19,666 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Bukungu (65) may also be a first name.
Bukungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bukungu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bukungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bukungu is the 542,751st most frequently occurring surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 12,330,873 people. Bukungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukungu are found; 62 percent are found in Central Africa and 62 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bukungu is also the 1,212,820th most commonly held given name worldwide It is held by 65 people.
The surname Bukungu is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 369 people, or 1 in 200,216. Outside of The DR Congo this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 37 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bukugu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bokungu | 86 | 7,529 | / |
| Bukongu | 86 | 27 | / |
| Bukunus | 86 | 5 | / |
| Boukoungou | 82 | 356 | / |
| Baukoungou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Buckongu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bokunu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Boukongou | 75 | 1,823 | / |
| Boukougou | 75 | 39 | / |
| Bokoungou | 75 | 9 | / |
| Boukounou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Boucoungou | 71 | 24 | / |
| Boukoumgou | 71 | 15 | / |
| Bouckongou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bokongu | 71 | 4 | / |
| Bokounou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bokongou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boucougou | 63 | 3 | / |
| Bokounnou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Bukonu | 62 | 96 | / |
| Boucounaud | 59 | 12 | / |
| Boucoumgou | 59 | 1 | / |
| Boukonou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bocounnou | 50 | 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
- 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 Bukungu
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