Buuni Surname
Approximately 1,551 people bear this surname
Buuni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 1,346 | 1:2,600 | 293 |
| Somalia | 196 | 1:68,633 | 2,887 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Buuni (21) may also be a first name.
Buuni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buuni Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buuni is held by more people in Somaliland than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buuni.
How Common Is The Last Name Buuni? popularity and diffusion
It is the 254,576th most frequently held surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,698,611 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buuni reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 2,368,944th most frequent given name world-wide, held by 21 people.
The last name Buuni is most widely held in Somaliland, where it is carried by 1,346 people, or 1 in 2,600. Besides Somaliland this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Somalia, where 13 percent live and The DR Congo, where 0 percent live.
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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 Buuni
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