Buais Surname

1,943,350th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Suriname

Buais Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buais Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil751:2,854,32484,307
France71:9,488,960336,266
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Suriname11:552,6169,664
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Buais Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buais is most common in Brazil. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Buais click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buais? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,943,350th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Buais live; 86 percent live in South America and 82 percent live in Luso-South America.

The last name is most frequent in Brazil, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,854,324. In Brazil Buais is primarily concentrated in: Maranhão, where 65 percent reside, Rio Grande do Sul, where 13 percent reside and Rio de Janeiro, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Brazil this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in France, where 8 percent reside and Indonesia, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buai89338/
Buaui80247/
Buaiz80246/
Buaes80137/
Bhuai8041/
Bua'i808/
Buaih805/
Buaie800/
Buahid736/
Buayie733/
Bbauai731/
Buaoui731/
Buaich731/
Bhuaiz731/
Buajji731/
Vuai6716,287/
Buoi672,786/
Buhaets67752/
Puai67389/
Bouhahi67136/
Buae6738/
Bwahise672/
Buhaija671/
Bhuajji671/

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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 Buais
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