Buw Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Buw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buw Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia261:5,086,507239,866
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Buw (34) may also be a first name.

Buw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buw occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buw? popularity and diffusion

Buw is the 3,485,539th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Buw live; 84 percent live in Southeast Asia and 75 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name on earth, held by 34 people.

The last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Kalimantan, where 92 percent reside and Papua, where 8 percent reside. Excluding Indonesia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouw863,369/
Bauw862,445/
Buwe86267/
Buiw862/
Bujw861/
Buyw861/
Buwt861/
Bouwe751,341/
Bouws75282/
Bauwe75265/
Beuwe7520/
Bhauw759/
Buiwe754/
Bujwe751/
Buwsh751/
Buuwe751/
Buhwe751/
Buchw751/
Bushw750/
Bow675,873/
Bub674,027/
Buf67437/
Buv67184/
Buwowa671/
Bushww671/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Buw
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