Buyu Surname
Approximately 1,000 people bear this surname
Buyu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 269 | 1:171,672 | 13,079 |
| DR Congo | 253 | 1:292,014 | 26,830 |
| Indonesia | 189 | 1:699,731 | 54,319 |
| Malaysia | 112 | 1:263,341 | 14,729 |
| Tanzania | 63 | 1:840,343 | 43,483 |
| Japan | 32 | 1:3,995,134 | 36,490 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Sudan | 9 | 1:4,167,799 | 5,799 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
The alternate forms: Büyü (88) are calculated separately.
Buyu (1,250) may also be a first name.
Buyu Demographics
Buyu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Buyu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buyu (Hindi: बुयू, Marathi: बुयु, Oriya: ବୁୟୁ, Russian: Бую) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Büyü. Click here for other potential spellings of Buyu.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 361,698th most common surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,287,546 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 62 percent of Buyu reside; 35 percent reside in East Africa and 30 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 223,351st most commonly occurring first name on earth, borne by 1,250 people.
Buyu is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 269 people, or 1 in 171,672. In Kenya Buyu is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 60 percent live, Siaya County, where 33 percent live and Migori County, where 3 percent live. Aside from Kenya this last name is found in 25 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Indonesia, where 19 percent live.
Buyu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Buyu last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Buyu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 61.76% less than the national average, earning $16,500 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buyu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buyu in the Hindi language | ||
| बुयू | buyu | - |
| Buyu in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁୟୁ | buyu | - |
| Buyu in the Marathi language | ||
| बुयु | buyu | 75 |
| बुयू | buyu | 25 |
| Buyu in the Russian language | ||
| Бую | buu | - |
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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 Buyu
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