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

Buw is most common in Indonesia. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buw? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most common surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Buw reside; 84 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 75 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Buw is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name worldwide, borne by 34 people.

It is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 5,086,507. In Indonesia Buw is most common in: West Kalimantan, where 92 percent live and Papua, where 8 percent live. Besides Indonesia Buw occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 6 percent live.

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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