Buruku Surname
Approximately 797 people bear this surname
Buruku Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 593 | 1:298,723 | 16,689 |
| Uganda | 99 | 1:394,336 | 24,810 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buruku (82) may also be a first name.
Buruku Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buruku Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buruku is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruku? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 431,914th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 9,143,721 people. The last name Buruku occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Buruku live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Buruku is also the 1,060,447th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 82 people.
The surname Buruku is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 593 people, or 1 in 298,723. In Nigeria Buruku is most prevalent in: Benue, where 89 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 4 percent are found and Edo, where 3 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Buruku is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 12 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhuruku | 92 | 6 | / |
| Buyrukcu | 86 | 235 | / |
| Bhurukud | 86 | 12 | / |
| Butrukhu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bhurukut | 86 | 1 | / |
| Burucu | 83 | 1,187 | / |
| Boruku | 83 | 22 | / |
| Buriku | 83 | 5 | / |
| Buroku | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bouroukou | 80 | 14 | / |
| Burgucu | 77 | 1,514 | / |
| Buyrucu | 77 | 274 | / |
| Borzuku | 77 | 12 | / |
| Borukcu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Borukhu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Borukou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burucuá | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boroukou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vurucu | 67 | 4,059 | / |
| Borucu | 67 | 2,584 | / |
| Boroku | 67 | 9 | / |
| Burucúa | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bourokou | 57 | 118 | / |
| Bourocou | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Buruku
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