Biruni Surname

434,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 791 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Biruni Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Biruni Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran6871:111,76510,649
India701:10,958,077204,613
Indonesia241:5,510,383253,014
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Biruni (80) may also be a first name.

Biruni Last Name Facts

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

Biruni (Bengali: বিরুনী, Oriya: ବିରୁଣି, Russian: Бируни) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Biruni? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 434,504th most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,213,080 people. The surname Biruni occurs mostly in Asia, where 99 percent of Biruni reside; 96 percent reside in South Asia and 87 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Biruni is also the 1,075,395th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 80 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 687 people, or 1 in 111,765. In Iran it is most common in: Khuzestan Province, where 25 percent are found, Fars Province, where 14 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found. Beside Iran this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in India, where 9 percent are found and Indonesia, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Biruni Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Biruni in the Bengali language
বিরুনীbiruni-
Biruni in the Oriya language
ବିରୁଣିbiruni60
ବିରୁନିbiruni20
ବିରୁଣୀbiruni20
Biruni in the Russian language
Бируниbiruni-

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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 Biruni
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