Bukwele Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Bukwele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukwele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Tanzania61:8,823,60272,091

Bukwele (21) may also be a first name.

Bukwele Last Name Facts

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

Bukwele occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Bukwele.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukwele? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,017,195th most common surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Bukwele occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukwele are found; 86 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 21 people.

Bukwele is most prevalent in South Africa, where it is carried by 25 people, or 1 in 2,167,108. In South Africa it is primarily concentrated in: Gauteng, where 44 percent live, Western Cape, where 44 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 8 percent live. Besides South Africa it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 26 percent live and Tanzania, where 14 percent live.

Bukwele Last Name Statistics demography

Bukwele earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 25.76% less than the national average, earning R 176,424 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 Bukwele
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