Buao Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Buao Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 135 | 1:749,913 | 74,028 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Buao (38) may also be a first name.
Buao Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buao Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buao occurs in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buao? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,511,557th most frequently used family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Buao reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 98 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently used first name globally, borne by 38 people.
The surname Buao is most common in The Philippines, where it is borne by 135 people, or 1 in 749,913. In The Philippines Buao is mostly concentrated in: Western Visayas, where 22 percent are found, Calabarzon, where 21 percent are found and Caraga, where 21 percent are found. Apart from The Philippines it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Buao
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