Buruw Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Buruw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Buruw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buruw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buruw is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruw? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 8,968,613th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buruw are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Buruw is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 59,047,586. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 100 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Buruw occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buruwe | 91 | 36 | / |
| Bhuruw | 91 | 33 | / |
| Burruws | 83 | 2 | / |
| Burrouw | 83 | 1 | / |
| Burgauw | 83 | 0 | / |
| Burow | 80 | 5,074 | / |
| Burub | 80 | 7 | / |
| Buruv | 80 | 5 | / |
| Boruw | 80 | 4 | / |
| Buruf | 80 | 2 | / |
| Burów | 80 | 1 | / |
| Burrouws | 77 | 16 | / |
| Burrow | 73 | 14,644 | / |
| Wurouw | 73 | 19 | / |
| Burhow | 73 | 6 | / |
| Bourow | 73 | 2 | / |
| Burouf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Borujw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Burruf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buroow | 73 | 1 | / |
| Burzuv | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bourouf | 67 | 590 | / |
| Butruff | 67 | 17 | / |
| Bhurubh | 67 | 9 | / |
| Bouruff | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bourrow | 67 | 2 | / |
| Beutruf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouroub | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhoruwh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouroow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burguff | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Buruw
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