Buknys Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Lithuania

Buknys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buknys Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
England11:55,718,059489,080
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Buknys Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buknys is found most in Ukraine. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Buknys.

How Common Is The Last Name Buknys? popularity and diffusion

Buknys is the 7,117,718th most commonly used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Buknys are found; 71 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 71 percent are found in East Slavic Europe.

The last name Buknys is most commonly occurring in Ukraine, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 9,104,539. In Ukraine it is most prevalent in: Kiev, where 100 percent reside. Beside Ukraine it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent reside and Lithuania, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buknis8362/
Bukhny835/
Bucnys833/
Buknoy833/
Bukney831/
Buckney77178/
Bukhnyi7770/
Baukney7712/
Bouknis774/
Boukhny774/
Bukness771/
Bukhniy771/
Bukhney771/
Buknytė771/
Bucknay770/
Bucknes770/
Bukna73169/
Bukni7337/
Bukne7317/
Buskness7142/
Buckness712/
Boukniss711/
Bouknaya711/
Bougkney710/
Bucnis6744/
Bockny6739/
Bukhna6734/
Boukni6733/
Buckna6727/
Boukna6717/
Bukhne679/
Bhukne675/
Bucnoy673/
Boknäs672/
Baukni671/
Bukhni671/
Bucnes671/
Buskni671/
Bhukni671/
Buckne670/
Bucney670/

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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 Buknys
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