Bukar is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Bukar Garbai (died 1922), Shehu of Bornu Bukar Ibrahim (born 1949), Nigerian politician Bukar Kura of Borno (), Shehu of Borno Bukar Shaib, Nigerian diplomat Bukar Suwa Dimka (1940–1976), Nigerian military officer Goni Bukar (died 2022), Nigerian politician Ibrahim Mohammed Bukar, Nigerian politician Mustapha Bukar, Nigerian politician Zanna Bukar Dipcharima (1917–1969), Nigerian politician
See also Bukar–Sadong, Austronesian language