Buma Surname
Approximately 5,216 people bear this surname
Buma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,398 | 1:14,856 | 2,020 |
| Netherlands | 737 | 1:22,913 | 3,674 |
| DR Congo | 691 | 1:106,917 | 11,858 |
| United States | 417 | 1:869,206 | 65,973 |
| India | 333 | 1:2,303,500 | 75,517 |
| Indonesia | 278 | 1:475,717 | 39,230 |
| Malaysia | 241 | 1:122,383 | 8,029 |
| Nigeria | 240 | 1:738,095 | 33,631 |
| Tanzania | 238 | 1:222,444 | 18,495 |
| Canada | 173 | 1:212,980 | 20,593 |
| Papua New Guinea | 145 | 1:56,233 | 7,159 |
| Solomon Islands | 59 | 1:9,831 | 1,696 |
| Turkey | 32 | 1:2,431,919 | 77,125 |
| South Africa | 31 | 1:1,747,668 | 84,236 |
| Afghanistan | 30 | 1:1,071,773 | 9,936 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 1:781,492 | 5,561 |
| Thailand | 22 | 1:3,210,834 | 301,565 |
| Australia | 16 | 1:1,687,231 | 81,699 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
| Cambodia | 13 | 1:1,191,319 | 5,802 |
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Büma (1) are calculated separately.
Buma (1,776) may also be a first name.
Buma Demographics
Average Buma Salary in
United States
$49,608 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buma (Hindi: बुमा, Marathi: बुमा, Oriya: ବୁମା, Tibetan: བུ་མ་) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant: Büma. For other potential spellings of Buma click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buma? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 91,748th most prevalent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,397,152 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Buma reside; 40 percent reside in Central Africa and 40 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Buma is also the 181,540th most frequent first name worldwide, held by 1,776 people.
It is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,398 people, or 1 in 14,856. In Cameroon Buma is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 27 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it is found in 51 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 14 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
Buma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Buma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buma last name rose 10,425 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Buma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Buma surname are 4.58% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 57.81% registered with the political party.
The amount Buma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 149.47% more than the national average, earning R 592,824 per year; in United States they earn 14.97% more than the national average, earning $49,608 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.99% more than the national average, earning $52,659 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buma in the Tibetan language | ||
| བུ་མ་ | buma | - |
| Buma in the Marathi language | ||
| बुमा | buma | 97.92 |
| बूमा | buma | 2.08 |
| Buma in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁମା | buma | 66.67 |
| ବିଉମା | bi'uma | 33.33 |
| Buma in the Hindi language | ||
| बुमा | buma | 40 |
| बूमा | buma | 40 |
| बीउमा | bi'uma | 20 |
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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 Buma
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