Burbur Surname

770,644th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 369 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Burbur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Burbur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2721:651,26030,529
Papua New Guinea331:247,08233,879
Kenya281:1,649,28235,844
India111:69,733,217610,955
Russia101:14,412,306394,810
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Burbur (95) may also be a first name.

Burbur Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burbur Come From? nationality or country of origin

Burbur (Russian: Бурбур) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Burbur? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 770,644th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Burbur live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Burbur is also the 974,243rd most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 95 people.

Burbur is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 272 people, or 1 in 651,260. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Adamawa, where 83 percent reside, Borno, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria Burbur is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent reside and Kenya, where 8 percent reside.

Burbur Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Burbur has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burbure92447/
Burbour9237/
Bourbur921/
Burbaur920/
Bourbour86795/
Bhurbure864/
Burrburr863/
Burburre861/
Burbor83220/
Borbur83156/
Bhurbhure8087/
Burburova8013/
Bourboure803/
Bourbourd801/
Bourbourh801/
Burnpur771/
Bourbor770/
Bourvour711/
Borbor6720,079/
Vurvur6716/
Burimpour6715/
Worbur671/
Vurvure621/
Boorboor5770/
Borwor5049/
Worbor5031/

Burbur Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Burbur in the Russian language
Бурбурburbur-

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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 Burbur
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