Buluan Surname

1,058,336th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 236 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Buluan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buluan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines1851:547,23461,910
Indonesia411:3,225,590176,839
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Buluan (340) may also be a first name.

Buluan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buluan occurs most in The Philippines. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buluan.

How Common Is The Last Name Buluan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,058,336th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,879,432 people. The surname Buluan occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Buluan reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 77 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 473,685th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 340 people.

It is most common in The Philippines, where it is held by 185 people, or 1 in 547,234. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Bicol, where 29 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 28 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 21 percent are found. Excluding The Philippines this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 17 percent are found and Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buluang922/
Bouluang862/
Butluang861/
Busluang861/
Bauluang861/
Bulwan83473/
Bulban83383/
Bulvan8371/
Boluan838/
Buluon832/
Buelhuann800/
Bulwane77363/
Boulban77157/
Bullwan7710/
Bulvane776/
Bulwahn772/
Bhulwan772/
Builvan771/
Boulwan771/
Bhulvan771/
Boulvain7160/
Boulbain7120/
Boulwane712/
Bulhwane712/
Butluong711/
Butlwane711/
Bouslwan711/
Bullwann711/
Bullwant710/
Bullvant710/
Bullwand710/
Bolwan6764/
Boutlwane6755/
Bulbon6743/
Bautlwane6719/
Vulwan676/
Bhulwanth671/
Wulvan671/
Boulwaine670/
Bulvon670/

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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 Buluan
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