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) occurs more in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buraq.
How Common Is The Last Name Buraq? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 775,315th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 19,911,328 people. Buraq is primarily found in Asia, where 96 percent of Buraq live; 84 percent live in West Asia and 48 percent live in Arabian Peninsula. Buraq is also the 49,963rd most prevalent given name internationally It is held by 13,501 people.
The surname Buraq is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is carried by 173 people, or 1 in 152,747. In Yemen Buraq is most numerous in: Al Hudaydah Governorate, where 96 percent live, Sana'a Governorate, where 3 percent live and Taiz Governorate, where 1 percent live. Excluding Yemen this last name is found in 21 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 17 percent live and Palestine, where 10 percent live.
Buraq Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Buraq surname is principally 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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