Buak Surname

687,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 431 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Buak Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buak Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1471:899,65467,360
Cambodia951:163,0232,837
Papua New Guinea951:85,82911,359
United States501:7,249,179331,838
Malaysia241:1,228,92653,021
Philippines51:20,247,645262,352
Belarus21:4,750,530139,516
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Buak (240) may also be a first name.

Buak Last Name Facts

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

Buak (Hindi: बुाक, Russian: Буак) is most common in Indonesia. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buak? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buak is the 687,524th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 16,908,459 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 64 percent of Buak reside; 63 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Buak is also the 577,234th most frequent first name world-wide It is held by 240 people.

The surname Buak is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is borne by 147 people, or 1 in 899,654. In Indonesia Buak is mostly concentrated in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 45 percent live, West Kalimantan, where 24 percent live and South Sulawesi, where 14 percent live. Apart from Indonesia this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 22 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 22 percent live.

Buak Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buak surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the party.

Buak earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 30.2% more than the national average, earning $56,179 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buake8959/
Buack8943/
Buakh893/
Buaak891/
Buaks891/
Buaksh809/
Buakhe808/
Bouhak803/
Buaskh802/
Buaiek801/
Buhayk801/
Bhuhak801/
Buhack801/
Buag751,351/
Buac751,070/
Puak75377/
Buok75173/
Buaq75111/
Buax752/
Vbak751/
Bouhaik732,426/
Bouhake73139/
Buakova734/
Bouhack731/
Bouhayk731/
Bouhaïk731/
Buhakova67433/
Buhac67229/
Bwake6725/
Buoke676/
Buagh675/
Buaaq673/
Buahg671/
Bbakc671/
Buagg671/
Buact671/
Buadc671/
Puack671/
Buoks670/
Buock670/

Buak Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buak in the Hindi language
बुाकbuaka-
Buak in the Russian language
Буакbuak-

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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 Buak
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