Buleke Surname
Approximately 360 people bear this surname
Buleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 229 | 1:69,214 | 6,072 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Buleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buleke is more frequently found in Zambia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Buleke click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buleke? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 785,023rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Buleke live; 66 percent live in Southern Africa and 66 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
It is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is held by 229 people, or 1 in 69,214. In Zambia it is mostly concentrated in: Southern Province, where 98 percent live and Lusaka Province, where 1 percent live. Other than Zambia Buleke is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 10 percent live.
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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 Buleke
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