Buruhan Surname

1,025,894th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Maldives

Buruhan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruhan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1661:318,92524,177
Uganda341:1,148,21447,064
Ecuador291:548,47711,265
Maldives91:44,9082,305
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521

The alternate forms: Bürühan (25) are calculated separately.

Buruhan (888) may also be a first name.

Buruhan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buruhan (Oriya: ବୁରୁହାନ) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Bürühan. Click here to see other potential spellings of Buruhan.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruhan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,025,894th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 29,624,170 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Buruhan are found; 82 percent are found in East Africa and 80 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 272,746th most widespread forename at a global level It is held by 888 people.

The surname Buruhan is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 318,925. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Kagera Region, where 99 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 14 percent are found and Ecuador, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buruhaan931/
Bürühan9025/
Burguhain881/
Burihan8679/
Buruean8667/
Bourouhane822/
Bourouan803/
Bourihan801/
Bourouane7520/
Burgujian7516/
Bourouain7513/
Bourhouan751/
Bourouaine71295/
Burihon7126/
Bouroujian7111/
Borujian672/
Boruyian671/
Boorujian636/
Burián62671/
Burrión572/
Buriåon571/

Buruhan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buruhan in the Oriya language
ବୁରୁହାନburuhana-

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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 Buruhan
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