Buiwan Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Buiwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 35 | 1:2,018,238 | 239,646 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Buiwan (27) may also be a first name.
Buiwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buiwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buiwan has its highest incidence in Thailand. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of Buiwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buiwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,228,735th most frequently held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 196,960,700 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Buiwan live; 95 percent live in Southeast Asia and 95 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 2,036,353rd most widely held given name in the world, borne by 27 people.
The last name is most widespread in Thailand, where it is carried by 35 people, or 1 in 2,018,238. In Thailand Buiwan is most frequent in: Udon Thani Province, where 86 percent live, Nong Khai Province, where 11 percent live and Krabi Province, where 3 percent live. Barring Thailand this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
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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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- 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 Buiwan
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