Buwag Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Buwag Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buwag 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
Philippines401:2,530,956131,537
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

Buwag Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buwag is found most in The Philippines. It can appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Buwag? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,017,195th most commonly held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 95 percent of Buwag are found; 95 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name Buwag is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 2,530,956. In The Philippines it is mostly concentrated in: Davao Region, where 100 percent live. Besides The Philippines it exists in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 5 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
Buswag911/
Bushwag831/
Buwak8042/
Buwac8020/
Bubag809/
Buwaq803/
Bowag801/
Boubag7310/
Buwaik731/
Buchwak6745/
Buswake676/
Bauwaik672/
Bouswak672/
Bubaugh670/
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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 Buwag
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