Buruh Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Buruh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Buruh (46) may also be a first name.
Buruh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buruh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buruh has its highest incidence in Malaysia. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Buruh.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buruh is the 5,391,485th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name Buruh is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Buruh reside; 85 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 85 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Buruh is also the 1,484,914th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 46 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 4,915,704. In Malaysia it is mostly found in: Sarawak, where 83 percent live and Kuala Lumpur, where 17 percent live. Besides Malaysia this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.
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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 Buruh
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