Buom Surname
Approximately 14,790 people bear this surname
Buom Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sudan | 13,739 | 1:831 | 168 |
| Vietnam | 562 | 1:164,851 | 891 |
| Kenya | 456 | 1:101,272 | 8,845 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 1:2,344,475 | 14,894 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Buom (6,068) may also be a first name.
Buom Demographics
Buom Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Buom Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buom Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buom is found in South Sudan more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buom.
How Common Is The Last Name Buom? popularity and diffusion
The last name Buom is the 35,701st most frequent last name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 492,735 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Buom live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 85,055th most frequently occurring forename at a global level. It is borne by 6,068 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Sudan, where it is carried by 13,739 people, or 1 in 831. Excluding South Sudan it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Vietnam, where 4 percent live and Kenya, where 3 percent live.
Buom Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Buom last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buome | 89 | 6 | / |
| Buomg | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bom | 86 | 13,048 | / |
| Uom | 86 | 57 | / |
| Bouhom | 80 | 239 | / |
| Buhome | 80 | 55 | / |
| Baum | 75 | 68,728 | / |
| Bohm | 75 | 11,828 | / |
| Boom | 75 | 10,871 | / |
| Boum | 75 | 4,597 | / |
| Buon | 75 | 4,392 | / |
| Bome | 75 | 2,702 | / |
| Bomm | 75 | 1,370 | / |
| Buam | 75 | 1,217 | / |
| Boim | 75 | 1,100 | / |
| Beum | 75 | 476 | / |
| Åbom | 75 | 216 | / |
| Boym | 75 | 132 | / |
| Bhom | 75 | 99 | / |
| Uomh | 75 | 52 | / |
| Bomh | 75 | 44 | / |
| Bomc | 75 | 23 | / |
| Bomd | 75 | 13 | / |
| Fuom | 75 | 11 | / |
| Bojm | 75 | 10 | / |
| Bwom | 75 | 10 | / |
| Uome | 75 | 7 | / |
| Bomg | 75 | 5 | / |
| Huom | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bgom | 75 | 2 | / |
| Bomn | 75 | 2 | / |
| Uohm | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boëm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bbom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uotm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wbom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vbom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uomt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Uoym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Wuom | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bosm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bomt | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bouhoum | 73 | 772 | / |
| Bouhome | 73 | 19 | / |
| Baume | 67 | 2,146 | / |
| Buong | 67 | 1,164 | / |
| Buame | 67 | 1,048 | / |
| Bhome | 67 | 676 | / |
| Bomme | 67 | 586 | / |
| Bomne | 67 | 342 | / |
| Boome | 67 | 259 | / |
| Boime | 67 | 256 | / |
| Bhoim | 67 | 192 | / |
| Boume | 67 | 184 | / |
| Botim | 67 | 143 | / |
| Bwome | 67 | 132 | / |
| Bocim | 67 | 61 | / |
| Bhoum | 67 | 58 | / |
| Bhaum | 67 | 47 | / |
| Bosim | 67 | 42 | / |
| Bhoom | 67 | 33 | / |
| Botem | 67 | 29 | / |
| Bosem | 67 | 28 | / |
| Phuom | 67 | 22 | / |
| Baumm | 67 | 20 | / |
| Buaam | 67 | 19 | / |
| Buone | 67 | 9 | / |
| Boyme | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bocem | 67 | 7 | / |
| Boohm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buond | 67 | 5 | / |
| Baumg | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boimh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bosme | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bothm | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bhomg | 67 | 5 | / |
| Buont | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bouhm | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhuon | 67 | 4 | / |
| Uhome | 67 | 3 | / |
| Beuhm | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouhoume | 67 | 2 | / |
| Baumn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hbuon | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bwgom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bosym | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boumm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bomhe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bomth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boymm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhojm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhomm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baumd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouhom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Åhbom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Øhbom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Botmh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boumn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhomme | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boëhm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baumk | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bvaum | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bomdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Puome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bohmm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boumh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boihm | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buonn | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bauhm | 67 | 0 | / |
| Bousm | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Buom
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