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

The last name Bulube is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bulube click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulube? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,088,856th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bulube reside; 90 percent reside in Southern Africa and 90 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Bulube is most commonly held in South Africa, where it is carried by 203 people, or 1 in 266,885. In South Africa Bulube is primarily found in: Eastern Cape, where 67 percent reside, Gauteng, where 16 percent reside and Western Cape, where 6 percent reside. Excluding South Africa it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 4 percent reside and Nigeria, where 4 percent reside.

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
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  • 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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