Buava Surname

478,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 697 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Abkhazia

Buava Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buava Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil4581:467,41117,703
Abkhazia1401:1,735417
Russia461:3,133,110167,157
Georgia221:170,25211,125
Papua New Guinea141:582,40870,330
Ukraine51:9,104,539300,808
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Buava (28) may also be a first name.

Buava Last Name Facts

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

Buava (Georgian: ბუავა, Marathi: बुवा, Russian: Буава) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buava? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 478,963rd most frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 10,455,590 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Buava live; 66 percent live in South America and 66 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name in the world, borne by 28 people.

Buava is most prevalent in Brazil, where it is held by 458 people, or 1 in 467,411. In Brazil it is most common in: Paraná, where 48 percent are found, São Paulo, where 38 percent are found and Rio Grande do Sul, where 9 percent are found. Other than Brazil this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Abkhazia, where 20 percent are found and Russia, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buavas915/
Buhaiva831/
Buaba801,070/
Buave8074/
Buawa8029/
Buavi8026/
Buova8010/
Buaua804/
Puava801/
Bwava801/
Buabai73497/
Buhova73238/
Buabad73154/
Fuavai7352/
Buabha7330/
Bbauva734/
Buasua733/
Buhave732/
Buawha731/
Fuavaa731/
Bhuavi731/
Buawai731/
Buasba731/
Buhawa731/
Buhaba731/
Bouhaba67585/
Buasuea674/
Buaswai673/
Buasuap673/
Buavech672/
Buaswat671/
Buahabo671/
B'Bayva671/
Bhuovad671/

Buava Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buava in the Georgian language
ბუავაbuava-
Buava in the Marathi language
बुवाbuva-
Buava in the Russian language
Буаваbuava-

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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 Buava
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