Bukweni Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

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

Bukweni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bukweni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054

Bukweni Last Name Facts

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

Bukweni is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bukweni? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukweni are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

Bukweni is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 6,772,213. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 63 percent live and Eastern Cape, where 38 percent live.

Bukweni Last Name Statistics demography

Bukweni earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.65% less than the national average, earning R 36,480 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhukweni932/
Bukhweni932/
Bokweni86347/
Bukwini868/
Buqweni861/
Bukwoni861/
Bhukwini8011/
Bhokweni808/
Boukwani802/
Bugwenyi801/
Buqwini7173/
Bukwane7110/
Bugwene714/
Bukuene714/
Vokweni711/
Bukwony711/
Bugwani711/
Mpukwini6733/
Bhukwane676/
Bougueni672/
Biekwene671/
Bukuhani671/

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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 Bukweni
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