Bulube Surname

1,088,856th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 226 people bear this surname

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

Bulube Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulube Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2031:266,88526,661
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England31:18,572,686338,250
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Bulube Last Name Facts

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

Bulube is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulube? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,088,856th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Bulube is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Bulube are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 203 people, or 1 in 266,885. In South Africa Bulube is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent are found, Gauteng, where 16 percent are found and Western Cape, where 6 percent are found. Other than South Africa this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 4 percent are found and Nigeria, where 4 percent are found.

Bulube Last Name Statistics demography

Bulube earn marginally less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 4.22% less than the national average, earning R 227,616 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bulaube9230/
Bouloube861/
Buluba834,178/
Bulobe83139/
Bulubi8350/
Buluwe8321/
Bolube834/
Bulibe832/
Buluve832/
Wulube831/
Boulouber8062/
Bouloubie8010/
Buluuba77102/
Bulubay7722/
Bulubuy771/
Bulubih771/
Bullobe771/
Boloube771/
Bolujbe771/
Bulubai771/
Bulubașa7135/
Bulubhai7113/
Boulouba712/
Boloubie711/
Bullubai711/
Buloba675,782/
Boluba67231/
Bouhlouba67138/
Boluwe6758/
Buluwa6756/
Bulowe6738/
Wuluba6732/
Vuluve672/
Vuluba672/
Bolobe672/
Bulobi672/
Buluva672/
Buluwi671/
Wulubi671/
Boluve671/
Boulouvie671/
Bulauvetz671/
Bulibi671/

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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 Bulube
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