Buake Surname

2,506,728th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 59 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Buake Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buake Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Buake Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buake is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buake? popularity and diffusion

The last name Buake is the 2,506,728th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 123,517,727 people. This surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 80 percent of Buake reside; 80 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 56 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

This surname is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 33 people, or 1 in 247,082. In Papua New Guinea Buake is most numerous in: West New Britain, where 30 percent are found, Southern Highlands, where 27 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Solomon Islands, where 24 percent are found and Ghana, where 15 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

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Buakai73279/
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Buaiek731/
Buoker730/
Buassckey710/
Bouhaik672,426/
Buag671,351/
Buac671,070/
Buakhai67521/
Puak67377/
Buok67173/
Buaq67111/
Buachey6763/
Buakhoa676/
Buakova674/
Bouhaki674/
Buaakip674/
Buhakiy673/
Buax672/
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Buazzki671/
Buakhay671/
Buakkai671/
Buakaia671/
Buhakka671/
Bouhack671/
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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 Buake
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