Bukwana Surname

678,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 439 people bear this surname

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

Bukwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa4381:123,69314,598
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402

Bukwana (73) may also be a first name.

Bukwana Last Name Facts

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

Bukwana is most common in South Africa. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bukwana.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukwana? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bukwana is the 678,631st most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 16,600,332 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukwana reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Bukwana is also the 1,134,117th most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 73 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is borne by 438 people, or 1 in 123,693. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 45 percent live, Western Cape, where 19 percent live and Gauteng, where 16 percent live. Barring South Africa this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 0 percent live.

Bukwana Last Name Statistics demography

Bukwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 57.58% less than the national average, earning R 100,812 per year.

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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 Bukwana
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