Buruna Surname
Approximately 594 people bear this surname
Buruna Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 351 | 1:150,831 | 13,693 |
| Kenya | 181 | 1:255,138 | 17,241 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buruna (126) may also be a first name.
Buruna Demographics
Buruna Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
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
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buruna in the Hindi language | ||
| बुरुणा | buruna | - |
| Buruna in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁରୁନା | buruna | - |
| Buruna in the Russian language | ||
| Буруна | buruna | - |
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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 Buruna
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