Buurs Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Buurs Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 95 | 1:177,760 | 25,545 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
Buurs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buurs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buurs is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buurs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Buurs live; 91 percent live in Western Europe and 91 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 177,760. In The Netherlands Buurs is primarily concentrated in: North Holland, where 52 percent live, Drenthe, where 25 percent live and Overijssel, where 15 percent live. Besides The Netherlands Buurs is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent live and India, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burs | 89 | 695 | / |
| Burse | 80 | 5,415 | / |
| Bours | 80 | 1,800 | / |
| Burst | 80 | 1,212 | / |
| Burrs | 80 | 392 | / |
| Bursh | 80 | 388 | / |
| Buhrs | 80 | 301 | / |
| Buers | 80 | 295 | / |
| Burås | 80 | 126 | / |
| Beurs | 80 | 109 | / |
| Buirs | 80 | 65 | / |
| Burss | 80 | 60 | / |
| Baurs | 80 | 29 | / |
| Butrs | 80 | 12 | / |
| Bhurs | 80 | 3 | / |
| Bursz | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bursd | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bursø | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buyrs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bourse | 73 | 1,970 | / |
| Bursch | 73 | 1,526 | / |
| Burshe | 73 | 369 | / |
| Bhurse | 73 | 175 | / |
| Bourst | 73 | 133 | / |
| Beurse | 73 | 40 | / |
| Buirse | 73 | 34 | / |
| Buirst | 73 | 29 | / |
| Boutrs | 73 | 17 | / |
| Bursøe | 73 | 11 | / |
| Bursze | 73 | 8 | / |
| Bursht | 73 | 3 | / |
| Burrsd | 73 | 1 | / |
| Burrss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bourss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bourrs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bors | 67 | 13,584 | / |
| Burç | 67 | 1,487 | / |
| Bursová | 67 | 666 | / |
| Bursova | 67 | 574 | / |
| Bursche | 67 | 126 | / |
| Boursse | 67 | 31 | / |
| Baursch | 67 | 27 | / |
| Burš | 67 | 7 | / |
| Buersch | 67 | 5 | / |
| Burx | 67 | 4 | / |
| Burß | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bursowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouhrse | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boursch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wurs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhurshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burssch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burrsch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhiers | 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 Buurs
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