Buvala Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovakia
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Buvala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buvala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovakia2831:18,8572,898
United States571:6,358,929302,882
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
India71:109,580,769786,157
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

The alternate forms: Búvala (1) are calculated separately.

Buvala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buvala (Marathi: बुवळा, Russian: Бувала) is most common in Slovakia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Búvala. For other potential spellings of Buvala click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buvala? popularity and diffusion

The surname Buvala is the 785,023rd most numerous last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Buvala live; 81 percent live in Eastern Europe and 81 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Buvala is most numerous in Slovakia, where it is carried by 283 people, or 1 in 18,857. In Slovakia it is primarily found in: Banská Bystrica Region, where 85 percent live, Žilina Region, where 10 percent live and Prešov Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Slovakia it exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 16 percent live and Czechia, where 2 percent live.

Buvala Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Buvala surname are 24.55% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 77.78% being registered to vote for the political party.

Buvala earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 24.49% less than the national average, earning $32,580 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Buvala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buvala in the Marathi language
बुवळाbuvala57.14
बुवलाbuvala42.86
Buvala in the Russian language
Бувалаbuvala-

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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
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  • 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 Buvala
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