Bureh Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Bureh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 84 | 1:914,078 | 43,588 |
| Sierra Leone | 25 | 1:283,585 | 406 |
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Philippines | 8 | 1:12,654,778 | 228,986 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Bureh (18) may also be a first name.
Bureh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bureh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bureh (Arabic: بوريه) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bureh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most widespread last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. Bureh occurs mostly in Asia, where 53 percent of Bureh are found; 48 percent are found in South Asia and 48 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name globally, held by 18 people.
The last name Bureh is most commonly occurring in Iran, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 914,078. In Iran Bureh is most prevalent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 81 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 15 percent live and Golestan Province, where 1 percent live. Barring Iran this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Sierra Leone, where 14 percent live and Liberia, where 13 percent live.
Bureh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bureh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Bureh surname rose 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bureh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bureh in the Arabic language | ||
| بوريه | bwryh | - |
| بوره | bwrh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Bureh
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