Buruma Surname

421,746th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 822 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Buruma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2481:68,09311,608
India2431:3,156,64892,962
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Canada491:751,95159,756
Papua New Guinea461:177,25524,620
Australia311:870,82953,581
Uganda151:2,602,61975,106
Zimbabwe151:1,029,21663,831
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
England41:13,929,515290,718
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Buruma (74) may also be a first name.

Buruma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buruma (Oriya: ବୁରୂମା) occurs in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 421,746th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 8,865,628 people. The surname Buruma is primarily found in Europe, where 31 percent of Buruma live; 30 percent live in Western Europe and 30 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,125,792nd most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 74 people.

The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 68,093. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 48 percent reside, Groningen, where 14 percent reside and North Holland, where 9 percent reside. Not including The Netherlands it occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in India, where 30 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 16 percent reside.

Buruma Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Buruma earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 72.62% less than the national average, earning R 65,064 per year and in Canada they earn 1.35% more than the national average, earning $50,353 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Buruma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buruma in the Oriya language
ବୁରୂମାburuma50
ବୁରୁମାburuma50

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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 Buruma
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