Burhanullah Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Afghanistan
Highest density in:
Afghanistan

Burhanullah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Burhanullah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Afghanistan2491:129,1292,974
Pakistan111:16,240,35364,496
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Burhanullah (803) may also be a first name.

Burhanullah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Burhanullah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Burhanullah is found in Afghanistan more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Burhanullah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Burhanullah is the 966,131st most numerous family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 27,091,249 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Burhanullah live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Burhanullah is also the 288,684th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 803 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 249 people, or 1 in 129,129. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Nangarhar, where 48 percent reside, Kabul, where 31 percent reside and Badakhshan, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Afghanistan this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Pakistan, where 4 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Burhanulhaa821/
Burangula801/
Burranolla768/
Bourannolla737/
Burrannolla731/
Boronulla703/
Burranola701/
Borranolla673/
Burrannola671/
Borannola603/
Boronola531/
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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 Burhanullah
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