Buursma Surname

549,848th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 581 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Buursma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buursma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3801:44,4407,568
United States1821:1,991,533128,023
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Buursma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buursma is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buursma? popularity and diffusion

Buursma is the 549,848th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. The last name Buursma occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Buursma live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 65 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 44,440. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 55 percent are found, Groningen, where 9 percent are found and Drenthe, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The Netherlands this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent are found and Australia, where 1 percent are found.

Buursma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Buursma has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buursma surname grew 3,640 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Buursma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Buursma are 46.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 93.62% being registered with the party.

The amount Buursma earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,109 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.17% less than the national average, earning $46,121 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bursma9251/
Burshma861/
Baursma861/
Burrsma860/
Borsma774/
Boersma7112,280/
Boorsma711,905/
Biersma7199/
Burchma713/
Borsmah711/
Bourzma711/
Bursmey710/
Bursmith6741/
Boersmea671/
Bourdjma671/
Boursmith633/
Buhrsmith632/
Burrsmith630/
Baurschmid5931/
Voersma578/
Baurschmidt5612/

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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 Buursma
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