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 surname Buruma (Oriya: ବୁରୂମା) occurs most in The Netherlands. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruma? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 421,746th most frequently held family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 8,865,628 people. The surname Buruma occurs predominantly in Europe, where 31 percent of Buruma live; 30 percent live in Western Europe and 30 percent live in Germanic Europe. Buruma is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 74 people.

Buruma is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 248 people, or 1 in 68,093. In The Netherlands Buruma is primarily found in: Friesland, where 48 percent live, Groningen, where 14 percent live and North Holland, where 9 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in India, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, where 16 percent live.

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

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Buruma
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis