Buft Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Bangladesh

Buft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Buft (458) may also be a first name.

Buft Last Name Facts

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

Buft is found most in Bangladesh. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buft? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buft is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name globally, borne by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Buft live; 75 percent live in South Asia and 75 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Buft is also the 398,932nd most widely held first name in the world. It is borne by 458 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Bangladesh, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 17,706,308. Barring Bangladesh it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 8 percent reside and Thailand, where 8 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bufte891/
Buf86437/
Buff755,432/
Bufe751,192/
Bouf75744/
Bubt75634/
Beuf75625/
Bauf7526/
Bœuf755/
Wuft752/
Bufs752/
Bufh752/
Buzf751/
Buuf751/
Bguf751/
Buwt751/
Buif751/
Butv751/
Butf750/
Bufftts731/
Buffe67862/
Boufe6715/
Bouff6713/
Beufe679/
Buffs672/
Buttf672/
Baufe672/
Boeft672/
Buife672/
Bousf672/
Bufff671/
Bhuff671/
Bufch671/
Buufe671/
Boubt671/
Buttv671/
Beuff670/
Beufs670/
Bauff670/
Bouvt670/

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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 Buft
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis