Buroye Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Buroye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Buroye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buroye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buroye is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Buroye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buroye? popularity and diffusion
Buroye is the 5,391,485th most numerous surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Buroye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buroye reside; 85 percent reside in East Africa and 77 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Tanzania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 5,294,161. In Tanzania it is most common in: Mara Region, where 90 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 15 percent reside and Ethiopia, where 8 percent reside.
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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 Buroye
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