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
The last name Bureh (Arabic: بوريه) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bureh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,295,379th most frequent family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is primarily found 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. Bureh is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 18 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iran, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 914,078. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 81 percent reside, Khuzestan Province, where 15 percent reside and Golestan Province, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Iran Bureh is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 14 percent reside and Liberia, where 13 percent reside.
Bureh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Bureh has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 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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