Buruuru Surname

3,274,477th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Buruuru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruuru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe301:514,60841,883
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Buruuru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buruuru is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruuru? popularity and diffusion

Buruuru is the 3,274,477th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. Buruuru occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Buruuru live; 94 percent live in Southern Africa and 94 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

Buruuru is most widely held in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 514,608. In Zimbabwe it is primarily concentrated in: Midlands Province, where 97 percent reside and Mashonaland West Province, where 3 percent reside. Barring Zimbabwe this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent reside and Kuwait, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bururu92134/
Bhururu8614/
Burguru866/
Bururru861/
Vururu7712/
Buriru774/
Wururu772/
Buroru771/
Bourourou752,233/
Bourrourou7153/
Vhururu7142/
Mpururu7110/
Bourourous714/
Boururous631/
Boruru6211/
Borourou531/
Bourorou531/

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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 Buruuru
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