Buruna Surname

540,721st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 594 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buruna Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruna Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3511:150,83113,693
Kenya1811:255,13817,241
Papua New Guinea351:232,96332,024
India131:59,005,029552,550
Uganda71:5,577,040114,218
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Solomon Islands21:290,01419,875
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Buruna (126) may also be a first name.

Buruna Last Name Facts

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

Buruna (Hindi: बुरुणा, Oriya: ବୁରୁନା, Russian: Буруна) occurs most in Tanzania. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruna? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 540,721st most commonly occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 12,268,596 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Buruna live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Buruna is also the 829,183rd most frequently used forename internationally, held by 126 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 351 people, or 1 in 150,831. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 75 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 24 percent reside and Mwanza Region, where 0 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 30 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 6 percent reside.

Buruna Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Buruna Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buruna in the Hindi language
बुरुणाburuna-
Buruna in the Oriya language
ବୁରୁନାburuna-
Buruna in the Russian language
Бурунаburuna-

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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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  • 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 Buruna
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