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
Average Buru Salary in
United States
$27,304 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 can appear in the variant forms: Burú or Bürü. For other possible spellings of Buru click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buru? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 114,281st most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,801,173 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 47 percent of Buru live; 24 percent live in South Asia and 24 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Buru is also the 174,590th most widely held first name globally, held by 1,896 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in India, where it is borne by 951 people, or 1 in 806,588. In India it is mostly found in: Arunachal Pradesh, where 37 percent reside, Telangana, where 24 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 16 percent reside. Barring India this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 13 percent reside and Turkey, where 11 percent reside.
Buru Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Buru last name is predominantly 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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- 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 Buru
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