Buyou Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Buyou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Buyou (1,745) may also be a first name.
Buyou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buyou is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 60 percent of Buyou live; 60 percent live in West Africa and 60 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 183,464th most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 1,745 people.
This last name is most widely held in Liberia, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 1,469,512. In Liberia Buyou is most frequent in: Lofa County, where 33 percent live, Margibi County, where 33 percent live and Montserrado County, where 33 percent live. Not including Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in China, where 20 percent live and Malaysia, where 20 percent live.
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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 Buyou
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