Buraq Surname
Approximately 366 people bear this surname
Buraq Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 173 | 1:152,747 | 7,554 |
| Jordan | 64 | 1:138,163 | 8,155 |
| Palestine | 36 | 1:126,357 | 7,695 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Syria | 6 | 1:3,216,837 | 11,326 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 1:26,449,839 | 597,308 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
Buraq (13,501) may also be a first name.
Buraq Demographics
Buraq Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Buraq Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buraq Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buraq (Arabic: البراق, Georgian: ბურაქ, Marathi: बुराख) is carried by more people in Yemen than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buraq? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 775,315th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 19,911,328 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Buraq live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 48 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 49,963rd most widespread given name internationally It is held by 13,501 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is held by 173 people, or 1 in 152,747. In Yemen Buraq is primarily concentrated in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 96 percent are found, Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent are found and Taiz Governorate, where 1 percent are found. Barring Yemen Buraq exists in 21 countries. It also occurs in Jordan, where 17 percent are found and Palestine, where 10 percent are found.
Buraq Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Buraq surname is predominantly Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (50%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buraq Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buraq in the Georgian language | ||
| ბურაქ | burak | - |
| Buraq in the Marathi language | ||
| बुराख | burakha | - |
| Buraq in the Arabic language | ||
| البراق | albraq | - |
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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 Buraq
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