Buruba Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Buruba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Buruba (10) may also be a first name.
Buruba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buruba Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buruba (Russian: Буруба) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruba? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,876,555th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 158,424,911 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buruba are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buruba is also the 3,684,242nd most common forename world-wide. It is borne by 10 people.
The last name Buruba is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Taraba, where 59 percent live, Ekiti, where 19 percent live and Yobe, where 19 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 33 percent live and Tanzania, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burubai | 92 | 71 | / |
| Burubau | 92 | 8 | / |
| Burubas | 92 | 7 | / |
| Buruuba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Bourouba | 86 | 6,229 | / |
| Bhurubai | 86 | 3 | / |
| Burgubai | 86 | 2 | / |
| Burubo | 83 | 69 | / |
| Buruwa | 83 | 28 | / |
| Burube | 83 | 21 | / |
| Buriba | 83 | 10 | / |
| Buruva | 83 | 7 | / |
| Boruba | 83 | 4 | / |
| Buroba | 83 | 3 | / |
| Burubi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bouroubai | 80 | 219 | / |
| Burzhubay | 80 | 5 | / |
| Bhurubhai | 80 | 4 | / |
| Bouroubah | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bouroubat | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bouroubay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bourrouba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Borubay | 77 | 175 | / |
| Borouba | 77 | 21 | / |
| Buribai | 77 | 15 | / |
| Burruby | 77 | 14 | / |
| Bhuruwa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Bouroba | 77 | 5 | / |
| Buruwaa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Buruhwa | 77 | 2 | / |
| Borubai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burubui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buruvad | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burubhi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burhiba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bouroubi | 71 | 1,416 | / |
| Bouhriba | 71 | 307 | / |
| Bhuribai | 71 | 263 | / |
| Bourouwa | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bouribaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhirubai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouroubey | 67 | 423 | / |
| Boroba | 67 | 197 | / |
| Boruwa | 67 | 181 | / |
| Buribo | 67 | 87 | / |
| Burobo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Woruba | 67 | 10 | / |
| Buruve | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bhuuribai | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vuruby | 67 | 2 | / |
| Boruva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vuruva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wurubo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burobe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuruwa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhauribai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouroubou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Borubo | 67 | 1 | / |
Buruba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buruba in the Russian language | ||
| Буруба | buruba | - |
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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 Buruba
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