Buyana Surname
Approximately 1,383 people bear this surname
Buyana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 754 | 1:71,854 | 8,954 |
| DR Congo | 527 | 1:140,189 | 14,872 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| Uganda | 21 | 1:1,859,013 | 62,128 |
| Mongolia | 19 | 1:148,699 | 8,761 |
| Russia | 18 | 1:8,006,836 | 292,169 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Buyana (1,619) may also be a first name.
Buyana Demographics
Average Buyana Salary in
South Africa
R 194,232
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Buyana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buyana (Hindi: बुयाना, Russian: Буяна) is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyana? popularity and diffusion
It is the 279,475th most frequently occurring surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,269,375 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Buyana reside; 55 percent reside in Southern Africa and 55 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 191,925th most common given name internationally It is held by 1,619 people.
This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 754 people, or 1 in 71,854. In South Africa it is most common in: Eastern Cape, where 64 percent reside, Western Cape, where 18 percent reside and Gauteng, where 12 percent reside. Beside South Africa Buyana is found in 13 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 38 percent reside and India, where 2 percent reside.
Buyana Last Name Statistics demography
Buyana earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 18.27% less than the national average, earning R 194,232 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buyana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buyana in the Hindi language | ||
| बुयाना | buyana | - |
| Buyana in the Russian language | ||
| Буяна | buana | - |
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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 Buyana
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