Burah Surname
Approximately 1,874 people bear this surname
Burah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 804 | 1:25,881 | 3,346 |
| Nigeria | 386 | 1:458,919 | 23,339 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| India | 60 | 1:12,784,423 | 224,716 |
| United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
| Indonesia | 44 | 1:3,005,664 | 168,399 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Tanzania | 17 | 1:3,114,213 | 50,054 |
| England | 17 | 1:3,277,533 | 109,658 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 1:2,510,934 | 119,518 |
Burah (408) may also be a first name.
Burah Demographics
Average Burah Salary in
United States
$17,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Burah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Burah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Burah (Arabic: برعة, Bengali: বৌরা, Hindi: बुड़ाहा, Marathi: बुराह, Oriya: ବୁରହ) is found most frequently in Sri Lanka. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Burah? popularity and diffusion
Burah is the 218,550th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,888,765 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 55 percent of Burah are found; 46 percent are found in South Asia and 46 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Burah is also the 426,776th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 408 people.
This last name is most numerous in Sri Lanka, where it is carried by 804 people, or 1 in 25,881. Excluding Sri Lanka this last name is found in 26 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Ghana, where 18 percent are found.
Burah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Burah has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name expanded 850 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 40 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Burah Last Name Statistics demography
Burah earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 58.57% less than the national average, earning $17,875 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Burah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Burah in the Bengali language | ||
| বৌরা | baura | - |
| Burah in the Hindi language | ||
| बुड़ाहा | buraha | - |
| Burah in the Marathi language | ||
| बुराह | buraha | 57.14 |
| बुरह | buraha | 28.57 |
| बुराण | burana | 14.29 |
| Burah in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁରହ | buraha | 50 |
| ବୁଡ | buda | 50 |
| Burah in the Arabic language | ||
| برعة | brt | - |
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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 Burah
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