Buru Surname
Approximately 4,046 people bear this surname
Buru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 951 | 1:806,588 | 36,139 |
| Indonesia | 507 | 1:260,847 | 23,639 |
| Turkey | 428 | 1:181,826 | 13,683 |
| Papua New Guinea | 411 | 1:19,839 | 2,077 |
| Botswana | 243 | 1:9,000 | 1,624 |
| Nigeria | 235 | 1:753,799 | 34,148 |
| Uganda | 233 | 1:167,551 | 14,308 |
| Romania | 195 | 1:102,963 | 11,653 |
| Tanzania | 167 | 1:317,016 | 24,066 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Kenya | 96 | 1:481,041 | 24,996 |
| South Africa | 90 | 1:601,974 | 45,802 |
| Hungary | 90 | 1:109,070 | 10,434 |
| Solomon Islands | 78 | 1:7,436 | 1,165 |
| Cameroon | 46 | 1:451,501 | 37,608 |
| Zimbabwe | 42 | 1:367,577 | 34,250 |
| Serbia | 20 | 1:357,247 | 16,776 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Belarus | 2 | 1:4,750,530 | 139,516 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Burú (1) & Bürü (1) are calculated separately.
Buru (1,896) may also be a first name.
Buru Demographics
Buru Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Buru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buru Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buru (Bengali: বুরু, Hindi: बूटू, Marathi: बुरु, Oriya: ବୁରୁ, Russian: Буру) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Burú or Bürü. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buru? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 114,281st most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,801,173 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 47 percent of Buru live; 24 percent live in South Asia and 24 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 174,590th most frequently held forename at a global level. It is borne by 1,896 people.
It is most commonly held in India, where it is carried by 951 people, or 1 in 806,588. In India Buru is primarily found in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 37 percent live, Telangana, where 24 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent live. Excluding India it exists in 45 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 13 percent live and Turkey, where 11 percent live.
Buru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Christian (88%) in Kenya.
The amount Buru earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 57.42% less than the national average, earning R 101,184 per year and in United States they earn 36.72% less than the national average, earning $27,304 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buru Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buru in the Bengali language | ||
| বুরু | buru | - |
| Buru in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁରୁ | buru | 93.75 |
| ବୁଡୁ | budu | 1.56 |
| ଇବୁରୁ | iburu | 1.56 |
| ବୁରୂ | buru | 1.56 |
| Buru in the Marathi language | ||
| बुरु | buru | 75 |
| बुरू | buru | 16.67 |
| िबुरु | iburu | 8.33 |
| Buru in the Hindi language | ||
| बूटू | butu | 20 |
| बुरू | buru | 20 |
| बुरु | buru | 20 |
| भूरो | bhuro | 20 |
| भुरऊ | bhura'u | 20 |
| Buru in the Russian language | ||
| Буру | buru | - |
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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
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- 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 Buru
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