Buabua Surname

50,990th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,055 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Buabua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buabua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo10,0421:7,357904
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Buabua (601) may also be a first name.

Buabua Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buabua is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buabua.

How Common Is The Last Name Buabua? popularity and diffusion

Buabua is the 50,990th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 724,768 people. The surname Buabua occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buabua are found; 100 percent are found in Central Africa and 100 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Buabua is also the 340,957th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 601 people.

The surname Buabua is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 10,042 people, or 1 in 7,357. Barring The DR Congo this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 0 percent are found and Angola, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buapua831,973/
Buafua8335/
Buabuo832/
Bwabua831/
Buampua774/
Buabewa771/
Buhabwa771/
Buafuea771/
Phuabua771/
Buaphuea719/
Buhaabwa711/
Bwabwa67995/
Fuafua67127/
Puapua6751/
Vuavua6727/
Bbabba678/
Buapwa674/
Buopua671/
Bwabwau6213/
B'Babba6212/
Fuafuah622/
Mpuapua621/
Buotbuot5710/
Phuaphua574/
Buosbuos571/
Mpuampua571/
Bwapwa5069/
Bbabbo506/
Bbavva501/
Bwapua501/
Bwafwa501/
Buobua501/

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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 Buabua
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