Buurstra Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Buurstra Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buurstra Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands701:241,24531,316
United States421:8,629,975373,648
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Buurstra Last Name Facts

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

Buurstra is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buurstra? popularity and diffusion

Buurstra is the 1,710,039th most frequent family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 63 percent of Buurstra live; 61 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 70 people, or 1 in 241,245. In The Netherlands it is most common in: Friesland, where 66 percent are found, Drenthe, where 13 percent are found and North Holland, where 10 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 37 percent are found and Sweden, where 2 percent are found.

Buurstra Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buurstra last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 81.82% registered to vote for the party.

Buurstra earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.85% less than the national average, earning $40,625 USD per year.

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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 Buurstra
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