Bunkeya Surname

2,414,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Bunkeya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bunkeya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bunkeya (27) may also be a first name.

Bunkeya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bunkeya is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bunkeya? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,414,640th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bunkeya are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Bunkeya is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name internationally, held by 27 people.

The last name is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 1,191,606. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent are found.

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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 Bunkeya
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