Buyai Surname
Approximately 87 people bear this surname
Buyai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 52 | 1:567,197 | 27,732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Buyai (29) may also be a first name.
Buyai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buyai (Marathi: बुयई) occurs in Malaysia more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of Buyai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Buyai is the 2,007,164th most frequent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. The surname Buyai is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Buyai reside; 61 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 60 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Buyai is also the 1,951,561st most frequent first name in the world, borne by 29 people.
Buyai is most commonly occurring in Malaysia, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 567,197. In Malaysia Buyai is mostly found in: Sabah, where 88 percent reside, Johor, where 10 percent reside and Kuala Lumpur, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Malaysia it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 30 percent reside and Indonesia, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buyai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buyai in the Marathi language | ||
| बुयई | buya'i | - |
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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 Buyai
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