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 held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bureya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bureya are found; 92 percent are found in Southern Africa and 92 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,187,323rd most commonly occurring given name on earth, held by 24 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 56 people, or 1 in 275,683. In Zimbabwe it is mostly concentrated in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 36 percent live, Harare Province, where 30 percent live and Mashonaland East Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Zimbabwe Bureya exists in 2 countries. It also occurs 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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