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
Average Bubu Salary in
United States
$39,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Bubu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bubu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bubu (Georgian: ბუბუ, Hindi: बूबू, Marathi: बुबु, Oriya: ବୁବୁ, Russian: Бубу) is more frequently found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as: Bubù. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bubu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 80,181st most numerous family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 1,199,004 people. The last name Bubu occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Bubu live; 25 percent live in Southeast Asia and 22 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 87,790th most widespread first name globally, held by 5,779 people.
The last name Bubu is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is carried by 1,323 people, or 1 in 99,962. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 79 percent live, North Maluku, where 12 percent live and Gorontalo, where 2 percent live. Besides Indonesia Bubu occurs 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 incidence of Bubu has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bubu surname grew 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bubu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily 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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