Buying Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Buying Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 33 | 1:511,733 | 48,115 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Buying (3,802) may also be a first name.
Buying Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buying Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buying is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buying? popularity and diffusion
Buying is the 3,141,416th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Buying live; 85 percent live in Western Europe and 85 percent live in Germanic Europe. Buying is also the 114,045th most frequently held forename internationally It is held by 3,802 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 511,733. In The Netherlands Buying is most prevalent in: South Holland, where 58 percent are found, Gelderland, where 24 percent are found and North Brabant, where 15 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 10 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Buying
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