Bubu Surname
Approximately 6,078 people bear this surname
Bubu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 1,323 | 1:99,962 | 10,310 |
| South Africa | 871 | 1:62,202 | 7,834 |
| Papua New Guinea | 798 | 1:10,218 | 867 |
| DR Congo | 568 | 1:130,070 | 13,970 |
| Nigeria | 553 | 1:320,330 | 17,617 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Colombia | 228 | 1:209,535 | 5,026 |
| Vietnam | 184 | 1:503,511 | 1,449 |
| Romania | 167 | 1:120,227 | 13,267 |
| India | 160 | 1:4,794,159 | 122,003 |
| Russia | 149 | 1:967,269 | 75,342 |
| Tanzania | 89 | 1:594,850 | 37,281 |
| Italy | 56 | 1:1,092,084 | 72,109 |
| Solomon Islands | 38 | 1:15,264 | 2,918 |
| England | 35 | 1:1,591,945 | 67,242 |
| Liberia | 33 | 1:133,592 | 9,935 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Kenya | 24 | 1:1,924,162 | 36,129 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| United States | 22 | 1:16,475,406 | 557,260 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| Georgia | 13 | 1:288,119 | 13,907 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Lesotho | 11 | 1:184,778 | 13,836 |
| Zimbabwe | 11 | 1:1,403,476 | 76,064 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| China | 11 | 1:124,301,961 | 6,553 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1:1,608,187 | 20,863 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Armenia | 5 | 1:586,036 | 10,281 |
| Lithuania | 5 | 1:606,918 | 21,375 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Latvia | 2 | 1:1,025,023 | 41,546 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 | 1:99,171 | 2,137 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Bubù (1) are calculated separately.
Bubu (5,779) may also be a first name.
Bubu Demographics
Bubu Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Bubu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bubu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bubu (Georgian: ბუბუ, Hindi: बूबू, Marathi: बुबु, Oriya: ବୁବୁ, Russian: Бубу) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Bubù. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bubu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Bubu is the 80,181st most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,199,004 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 43 percent of Bubu live; 25 percent live in Southeast Asia and 22 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Bubu is also the 87,790th most common first name throughout the world, held by 5,779 people.
The last name Bubu is most numerous in Indonesia, where it is borne by 1,323 people, or 1 in 99,962. In Indonesia Bubu is most common in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 79 percent live, North Maluku, where 12 percent live and Gorontalo, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name is found in 89 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
Bubu Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bubu has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bubu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is predominantly Orthodox (86%) in Russia and Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Bubu earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 43.16% less than the national average, earning €17,068 per year; in South Africa they earn 6.18% less than the national average, earning R 222,960 per year; in Colombia they earn 26.37% less than the national average, earning $16,715,600 COP per year and in United States they earn 7.59% less than the national average, earning $39,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bubu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bubu in the Georgian language | ||
| ბუბუ | bubu | - |
| Bubu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁବୁ | bubu | 96.79 |
| ବାବୁ | babu | 0.64 |
| ବୁବୂ | bubu | 0.64 |
| Bubu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुबु | bubu | 62.16 |
| बुबू | bubu | 22.97 |
| बूबू | bubu | 10.81 |
| बूबु | bubu | 1.35 |
| Bubu in the Hindi language | ||
| बूबू | bubu | 45.45 |
| बुबु | bubu | 33.33 |
| बुबू | bubu | 12.12 |
| बाबू | babu | 6.06 |
| बुबुआ | bubu'a | 3.03 |
| Bubu in the Russian language | ||
| Бубу | bubu | - |
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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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- 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 Bubu
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