Bureya Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Bureya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 56 | 1:275,683 | 28,626 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Bureya (24) may also be a first name.
Bureya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bureya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bureya is found in Zimbabwe more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bureya? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,460,878th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. Bureya is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bureya live; 92 percent live in Southern Africa and 92 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most widespread first name globally, borne by 24 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 275,683. In Zimbabwe Bureya is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 36 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Zimbabwe it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Bureya
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