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) is held by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Bureh.
How Common Is The Last Name Bureh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most commonly held last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Bureh reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Bureh is also the 2,608,198th most prevalent given name on earth, held by 18 people.
Bureh is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 84 people, or 1 in 914,078. In Iran it is primarily found in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 81 percent are found, Khuzestan Province, where 15 percent are found and Golestan Province, where 1 percent are found. Besides Iran Bureh exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Sierra Leone, where 14 percent are found and Liberia, where 13 percent are found.
Bureh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Bureh has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bureh 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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