Burkana Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Burkana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Burkana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burkana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Burkana has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Burkana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Burkana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Burkana occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Burkana live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Burkana is primarily found in: Sokoto, where 100 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Burkina Faso, where 14 percent reside and Latvia, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkanna | 93 | 5 | / |
| Burkanay | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bourkana | 93 | 1 | / |
| Burkaina | 93 | 1 | / |
| Bourkanas | 88 | 4 | / |
| Burkane | 86 | 50 | / |
| Burkani | 86 | 39 | / |
| Burcana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bourkane | 80 | 458 | / |
| Burkhani | 80 | 80 | / |
| Bourkani | 80 | 19 | / |
| Burkhaneh | 75 | 25 | / |
| Bourkaine | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bourkanni | 75 | 1 | / |
| Burkhangi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Borkhanoa | 75 | 1 | / |
| Borkani | 71 | 15 | / |
| Borkane | 71 | 7 | / |
| Burcano | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bourkounna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vorkana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borkona | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burkáné | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burkono | 71 | 1 | / |
| Borkeina | 67 | 40 | / |
| Borkhani | 67 | 17 | / |
| Borcanea | 67 | 6 | / |
| Burkhoni | 67 | 6 | / |
| Burkeney | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Burkana
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis