Buhari Surname
Approximately 124,011 people bear this surname
Buhari Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 116,291 | 1:1,523 | 196 |
| Indonesia | 2,783 | 1:47,520 | 5,354 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,243 | 1:16,741 | 2,341 |
| Saudi Arabia | 954 | 1:32,344 | 4,580 |
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Philippines | 348 | 1:290,914 | 41,719 |
| India | 326 | 1:2,352,961 | 76,587 |
| United Arab Emirates | 301 | 1:30,439 | 3,342 |
| Malaysia | 294 | 1:100,320 | 6,876 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Turkey | 67 | 1:1,161,514 | 49,914 |
| Cameroon | 51 | 1:407,237 | 34,925 |
| Singapore | 51 | 1:107,994 | 4,447 |
| Pakistan | 51 | 1:3,502,821 | 26,594 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Tanzania | 24 | 1:2,205,901 | 48,025 |
| Bulgaria | 15 | 1:465,260 | 20,978 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Jordan | 4 | 1:2,210,609 | 20,372 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Buhari (171,596) may also be a first name.
Buhari Demographics
Buhari Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Buhari Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buhari Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buhari (Hindi: बुहारी, Marathi: बुहारी, Oriya: ବୁହାରି) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Buhari.
How Common Is The Last Name Buhari? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,538th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 58,765 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Buhari live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,122nd most commonly occurring given name globally, held by 171,596 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 116,291 people, or 1 in 1,523. In Nigeria Buhari is most common in: Sokoto, where 15 percent are found, Katsina, where 13 percent are found and Kano, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname is found in 49 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 2 percent are found and Sri Lanka, where 1 percent are found.
Buhari Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Buhari last name is principally Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Buhari last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Buhari earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 49.52% less than the national average, earning $21,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 32.68% more than the national average, earning $65,918 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buhari Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buhari in the Marathi language | ||
| बुहारी | buhari | 66.67 |
| बहारी | bahari | 22.22 |
| बुहरी | buhari | 11.11 |
| Buhari in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁହାରି | buhari | 50 |
| ବୁହାରୀ | buhari | 50 |
| Buhari in the Hindi language | ||
| बुहारी | buhari | 37.5 |
| बुहरी | buhari | 37.5 |
| भूरी | bhuri | 12.5 |
| बूहरी | buhari | 12.5 |
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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 Buhari
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