Buqwana Surname

536,820th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 600 people bear this surname

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

Buqwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buqwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa5871:92,29611,289
Lesotho131:156,35113,063

Buqwana Last Name Facts

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

Buqwana occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buqwana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 536,820th most frequently occurring surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,145,910 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buqwana are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 587 people, or 1 in 92,296. In South Africa Buqwana is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 44 percent live, Gauteng, where 24 percent live and Western Cape, where 18 percent live. Not including South Africa Buqwana exists in one country. It is also found in Lesotho, where 2 percent live.

Buqwana Last Name Statistics demography

Buqwana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 16.03% less than the national average, earning R 199,536 per year.

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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 Buqwana
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