Buvu Surname
Approximately 279 people bear this surname
Buvu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 274 | 1:269,633 | 25,289 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Buvu (149) may also be a first name.
Buvu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buvu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buvu (Hindi: बुवू, Marathi: बुवु) occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buvu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buvu is the 940,398th most commonly used family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 26,120,236 people. The surname Buvu is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Buvu are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Buvu is also the 754,880th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 149 people.
The last name Buvu is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 269,633. Other than The DR Congo Buvu occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Busvu | 89 | 33 | / |
| Buivu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bhuvu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Buvau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Bhusvu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Bouvou | 80 | 14 | / |
| Bhuvau | 80 | 12 | / |
| Buveus | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vuvu | 75 | 10,096 | / |
| Bubu | 75 | 6,078 | / |
| Buwu | 75 | 416 | / |
| Wuvu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bouvaut | 73 | 14 | / |
| Bauvaux | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouvout | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouvous | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouvoud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bubus | 67 | 669 | / |
| Bunpu | 67 | 532 | / |
| Bubut | 67 | 223 | / |
| Bubui | 67 | 205 | / |
| Bubud | 67 | 149 | / |
| Bubau | 67 | 111 | / |
| Bubou | 67 | 36 | / |
| Bhuwu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Vuvut | 67 | 27 | / |
| Bubuh | 67 | 24 | / |
| Bouvault | 67 | 21 | / |
| Buubu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Buibu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Bubuy | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bumpu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Vauvu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bubuu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Vobuu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buwau | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bubuş | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bubhu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhivu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Weuvu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bubuj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwuh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buwgu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vuvus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bujbu | 67 | 0 | / |
Buvu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buvu in the Hindi language | ||
| बुवू | buvu | - |
| Buvu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुवु | buvu | - |
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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 Buvu
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