Buruwe Surname

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

Approximately 36 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Buruwe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruwe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
Zimbabwe81:1,929,78092,581
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Buruwe Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buruwe occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Buruwe.

How Common Is The Last Name Buruwe? popularity and diffusion

Buruwe is the 3,274,477th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. The last name Buruwe occurs mostly in Oceania, where 44 percent of Buruwe are found; 44 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 44 percent are found in Papuan Oceania.

The surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 509,607. In Papua New Guinea Buruwe is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 50 percent reside, Western, where 44 percent reside and Bougainville, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Papua New Guinea Buruwe is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 28 percent reside and Zimbabwe, where 22 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buruw914/
Bhuruw8333/
Buruwa8328/
Burube8321/
Boruwe837/
Buruve837/
Buruwi831/
Bhuruwa7711/
Buruwaa772/
Buruhwa772/
Burhowe771/
Burrouw771/
Burrowe770/
Bourouwa719/
Bouroubey67423/
Boruwa67181/
Buruva677/
Borowe673/
Boruve671/
Burubi671/
Burive671/
Buroow671/

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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 Buruwe
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