Bukuva Surname

1,267,784th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 181 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Bukuva Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukuva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1801:300,98728,973
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Bukuva (31) may also be a first name.

Bukuva Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bukuva occurs most in South Africa. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukuva? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,267,784th most frequently used surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 40,262,685 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bukuva are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Bukuva is also the 1,874,099th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 31 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 300,987. In South Africa Bukuva is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 66 percent are found, Western Cape, where 19 percent are found and Gauteng, where 11 percent are found. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Ukraine, where 1 percent are found.

Bukuva Last Name Statistics demography

Bukuva earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 61.26% less than the national average, earning R 92,064 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bukueva92148/
Bhukuva9245/
Bukuwa83784/
Bukoeva7715/
Bukieva7712/
Bukuuwa775/
Bukuvei771/
Bukuwah771/
Bukhoeva715/
Bukkieva714/
Bukuvecz711/
Boukouwa711/
Bhukubha711/
Bukhieva711/
Bukiwa67432/
Boukoubaa67271/
Bokuwa67234/
Boukhouba67117/
Bukuwe673/
Bucuwa671/
Bukuwo671/
Bhukhubai671/
Bukube671/
Vukuvi671/
Bouhkouba671/

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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 Bukuva
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