Buke
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/bjuk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Buke is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Kenya than in any other country.
- KEKenya≈1 in 130K(inferred from the name graph)
- TZTanzania≈1 in 281K
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 1.1M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Kenya (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 61 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 130K (inferred from the name graph)
≈410 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Kenya, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Buke counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KE Kenya | ≈410 est. | ≈1 in 130K | — | Buke | 8 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 281K | — | Buke | 4 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈78 est. | ≈1 in 2.7M | — | Buke | 7 |
| US United States | ≈50 est. | ≈1 in 6.6M | listed | Buke | 61 |
| BR Brazil | 42 | 1 in 5M | 42 | — | — |
| ZA South Africa | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.6M | — | Buke | 3 |
| CA Canada | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Buke | 12 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈15 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Buke | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Buke is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In sco, alternative form of buik (“book”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ぶけ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Serbo-Croatian, accusative plural of buk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In fj, hill (elevated location)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, alternative form of bok
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vo, dative singular of buk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 6 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 42 | #118,404 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Buke?
- A machine transcription gives /bjuk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Buke have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 412 people named Buke in Kenya, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled buke.
- How common is the name Buke?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 42 people named Buke, about 1 in 5.0 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bukeThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Buke”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.