Buruaga Surname

1,177,228th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Spain

Buruaga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruaga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain1861:251,35516,061
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Buruaga Last Name Facts

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

Buruaga is found most frequently in Spain. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruaga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,177,228th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Buruaga reside; 92 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 92 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The surname is most common in Spain, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 251,355. In Spain Buruaga is primarily concentrated in: Basque Country, where 69 percent are found, La Rioja, where 11 percent are found and Catalonia, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Spain this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 4 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Buruaga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Buruaga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buruaga surname contracted 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buruanga93374/
Buruangga881/
Burbaga860/
Burwanga808/
Bourbaga801/
Burwangga751/
Buruangge751/
Burbage712,434/
Burbago710/
Burvage710/
Bourbage6741/
Burwango672/
Burbaghi672/
Burbauge671/
Bourbaghi637/
Bourweigat592/
Bourweigatt5612/

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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 Buruaga
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