Bueh Surname

630,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 485 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Bueh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bueh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia4531:9,7321,085
Malaysia161:1,843,38974,511
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Cameroon21:10,384,534165,830
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Bueh (136) may also be a first name.

Bueh Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bueh (Arabic: بويه) is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Bueh.

How Common Is The Last Name Bueh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 630,290th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,025,868 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Bueh live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Bueh is also the 794,286th most widespread given name at a global level, held by 136 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 453 people, or 1 in 9,732. In Liberia Bueh is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 66 percent are found, Nimba County, where 17 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Liberia it exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 3 percent are found and Ghana, where 1 percent are found.

Bueh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bueh has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Bueh last name rose 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bue865,590/
Bhue75120,372/
Buuh751,996/
Bhieh672/
Bie5738,596/
Buu573,291/
Büh573/
Büch50990/
Büth50285/
Bühs5094/
Bhie5067/
Bieľ5028/
Bühe5019/
Bøie5011/
Bieň505/
Bhuu504/

Bueh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bueh in the Arabic language
بويهbwyh-

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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 Bueh
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