Boruma Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Boruma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 37 | 1:1,248,105 | 35,192 |
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 1:2,205,463 | 97,905 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
Boruma (11) may also be a first name.
Boruma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Boruma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Boruma occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Boruma? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most numerous last name in the world, held by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Boruma live; 82 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Boruma is also the 3,487,849th most widespread first name in the world, held by 11 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,248,105. In Kenya Boruma is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 92 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 3 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 3 percent reside. Not including Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent reside and Latvia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Boruma
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