Buwak Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Buwak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Philippines | 14 | 1:7,231,302 | 192,576 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buwak (41) may also be a first name.
Buwak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buwak is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwak? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,017,195th most widespread family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Buwak are found; 98 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 95 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Buwak is also the 1,590,275th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 41 people.
It is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 27 people, or 1 in 4,898,118. In Indonesia it is primarily concentrated in: Central Java, where 100 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buwaik | 91 | 1 | / |
| Buchwak | 83 | 45 | / |
| Buswake | 83 | 6 | / |
| Bouswak | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bauwaik | 83 | 2 | / |
| Bowak | 80 | 74 | / |
| Buwag | 80 | 42 | / |
| Buwac | 80 | 20 | / |
| Buvak | 80 | 15 | / |
| Buwaq | 80 | 3 | / |
| Buwok | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bushwack | 77 | 43 | / |
| Buswhack | 77 | 0 | / |
| Buback | 73 | 408 | / |
| Bhuvak | 73 | 129 | / |
| Bowakh | 73 | 30 | / |
| Bowack | 73 | 12 | / |
| Bhubak | 73 | 3 | / |
| Bubňak | 73 | 2 | / |
| Buvake | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buswag | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bowaik | 73 | 1 | / |
| Bouweik | 67 | 60 | / |
| Bouback | 67 | 37 | / |
| Buyback | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bhuvaik | 67 | 6 | / |
| Bhaubak | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bhuback | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bhuvake | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhujbak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bauvaik | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bushwag | 67 | 1 | / |
| Baubeak | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Buwak
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