Buaw Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Buaw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buaw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines171:5,955,190180,670
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Buaw Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buaw is found most frequently in The Philippines. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buaw? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most commonly held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname Buaw occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Buaw reside; 92 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 67 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is borne by 17 people, or 1 in 5,955,190. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Mimaropa, where 94 percent reside and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 6 percent reside. Aside from The Philippines it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 21 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buhaw897/
Buawe892/
Buab7549/
Puaw7520/
Bbaw751/
Bwaw751/
Bwawe6798/
Buafe6773/
Puawe6724/
Buowe6715/
Buaph672/
Bhuav671/
Bouhawch671/

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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 Buaw
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