Buwan Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Buwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 21 | 1:4,820,868 | 168,058 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Buwan (749) may also be a first name.
Buwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buwan (Hindi: भुवन) is most common in The Philippines. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buwan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,460,878th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Buwan live; 57 percent live in Southeast Asia and 31 percent live in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 300,342nd most numerous first name on earth It is held by 749 people.
The last name Buwan is most commonly occurring in The Philippines, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 4,820,868. In The Philippines Buwan is mostly found in: Western Visayas, where 38 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 19 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 14 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines it exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 31 percent are found and Indonesia, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buwan in the Hindi language | ||
| भुवन | bhuvana | 80 |
| बउवन | ba'uvana | 20 |
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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 Buwan
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