Buursma Surname
Approximately 581 people bear this surname
Buursma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 380 | 1:44,440 | 7,568 |
| United States | 182 | 1:1,991,533 | 128,023 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Buursma Demographics
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Buursma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buursma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buursma is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buursma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Buursma is the 549,848th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 12,543,108 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 66 percent of Buursma reside; 65 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The last name Buursma is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 380 people, or 1 in 44,440. In The Netherlands Buursma is most frequent in: Friesland, where 55 percent live, Groningen, where 9 percent live and Drenthe, where 7 percent live. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 31 percent live and Australia, where 1 percent live.
Buursma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Buursma has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buursma last name increased 3,640 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Buursma Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Buursma last name are 46.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 93.62% registered to vote for 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bursma | 92 | 51 | / |
| Burshma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Baursma | 86 | 1 | / |
| Burrsma | 86 | 0 | / |
| Borsma | 77 | 4 | / |
| Boersma | 71 | 12,280 | / |
| Boorsma | 71 | 1,905 | / |
| Biersma | 71 | 99 | / |
| Burchma | 71 | 3 | / |
| Borsmah | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bourzma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bursmey | 71 | 0 | / |
| Bursmith | 67 | 41 | / |
| Boersmea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bourdjma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boursmith | 63 | 3 | / |
| Buhrsmith | 63 | 2 | / |
| Burrsmith | 63 | 0 | / |
| Baurschmid | 59 | 31 | / |
| Voersma | 57 | 8 | / |
| Baurschmidt | 56 | 12 | / |
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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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