Buddha Surname
Approximately 3,117 people bear this surname
Buddha Surname User-submission:
Buddha Veeru Naidu (who lived in the 19th century) worked as village munsif in Anakapalli, a small and old town in The Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. This position remains in his family to this day.
After Veeru Naidu, his eldest son, Buddha Mahalakshmi Naidu, acquired name and fame and was honoured with title of Rao Saheb by his highness King George V.
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,006 | 1:255,178 | 14,747 |
| Afghanistan | 38 | 1:846,136 | 8,622 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Iran | 10 | 1:7,678,252 | 153,484 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 1:123,208 | 891 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5 | 1:272,795 | 11,064 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
Buddha (23,232) may also be a first name.
Buddha Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Buddha Veeru Naidu (who lived in the 19th century) worked as village munsif in Anakapalli, a small and old town in The Visakhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. This position remains in his family to this day.
After Veeru Naidu, his eldest son, Buddha Mahalakshmi Naidu, acquired name and fame and was honoured with title of Rao Saheb by his highness King George V. Late his eldest son, Veeru Naidu, and his eldest son, Krishna Rao Naidu, and his only son, Buddha Veeru Naidu, also continued the job of village Munsif. Now the younger son of Veerunaidu Buddha Mallikarjun Rao is working as Vro.
The family belong to the Gavara community and settled in Anakapalli more than 150 years ago. About 2 kilometers distance from Anakapalli a Buddhist settlement dates to around 1 AD was found by the archaeology department. It is called Bojjanna Konda. There may be a link between the Buddhist settlement and our surname.
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Where Does The Last Name Buddha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buddha (Bengali: বুদ্ধ, Hindi: बुद्धा, Marathi: बुध्दा, Oriya: ବୁ, Tibetan: བུ་ད་) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Buddha.
How Common Is The Last Name Buddha? popularity and diffusion
The last name Buddha is the 142,702nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,338,000 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Buddha live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 96 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Buddha is also the 33,798th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 23,232 people.
The last name Buddha is most frequent in India, where it is borne by 3,006 people, or 1 in 255,178. In India Buddha is mostly found in: Andhra Pradesh, where 62 percent live, Madhya Pradesh, where 21 percent live and Telangana, where 8 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Afghanistan, where 1 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buddha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buddha in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁ | bu | 94.12 |
| ବୁଧ | budha | 5.88 |
| Buddha in the Hindi language | ||
| बुद्धा | bud'dha | 92.45 |
| बुदधा | budadha | 3.14 |
| बुद्ध | bud'dha | 2.94 |
| बूद्धा | bud'dha | 0.36 |
| बु़द्धा | bud'dha | 0.15 |
| बुध्दा | budhda | 0.1 |
| बुद्व | budva | 0.1 |
| बुडढा | budadha | 0.08 |
| बुड्ढा | buddha | 0.07 |
| बुद्वा | budva | 0.05 |
| बु़़द्धा | bud'dha | 0.03 |
| बुददा | budada | 0.03 |
| बु़़़द्धा | bud'dha | 0.02 |
| बुधा | budha | 0.02 |
| बु्द्धा | bud'dha | 0.02 |
| बूद्द | budda | 0.01 |
| बुद्ध्ा | bud'dha | 0.01 |
| बौद्व | baudva | 0.01 |
| बूदधा | budadha | 0.01 |
| बुद़ध | budadha | 0.01 |
| बुद्धेा | bud'dhea | 0.01 |
| बू़द्धा | bud'dha | 0.01 |
| बुद्दा | budda | 0.01 |
| बुद्ध़ा | bud'dhaa | 0.01 |
| ्बुद्धा | bud'dha | 0.01 |
| बुद्धाा | bud'dhaa | 0.01 |
| बूधा | budha | 0.01 |
| बुद्ढा | bud'dha | 0.01 |
| बु्द्दा | budda | 0.01 |
| बुदध | budadha | 0.01 |
| वुद्धा | vud'dha | 0.01 |
| बु्दध्ा | budadha | 0.01 |
| वुद्ध | vud'dha | 0.01 |
| Buddha in the Bengali language | ||
| বুদ্ধ | bud'dha | 84.11 |
| বুদ্ধলক্ষ্মী | bud'dhalaksmi | 2.8 |
| বুদ্দ | budda | 1.87 |
| বুদ্ধু | bud'dhu | 0.93 |
| বুদ্ধা | bud'dha | 0.93 |
| Buddha in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་ད་ | buda | 57.58 |
| བུ་དྷ་ | budha | 9.09 |
| བུ་དར། | budar | 6.06 |
| བུད་ད་ | büda | 6.06 |
| བུ་ད | buda | 3.03 |
| བུད་དྷ་ | büdha | 3.03 |
| བུ་དཱ་ | buda | 3.03 |
| བུད་དར། | büdar | 3.03 |
| བུ་ད་། | buda | 3.03 |
| བུ་དྷ། | budha | 3.03 |
| བུདྷ་ | budha | 3.03 |
| Buddha in the Marathi language | ||
| बुध्दा | budhda | 56.65 |
| बुध्द | budhda | 38.63 |
| बुधा | budha | 2.15 |
| बुध्धा | budhdha | 0.64 |
| बूिडया | buidaya | 0.43 |
| बुध्या | budhya | 0.43 |
| बुदधा | budadha | 0.21 |
| बुदध | budadha | 0.21 |
| बुढा | budha | 0.21 |
| बूध्द | budhda | 0.21 |
| बुधाजी | budhaji | 0.21 |
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