Bú Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Honduras
Highest density in:
Honduras

Bú Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bú Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Honduras21:4,408,2217,709
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415

The alternate forms: Bu (89,540), Bü (5) & Bù (2) are calculated separately.

Bú Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Bú Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Bú occurs more in Honduras more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Bu, Bü or Bù. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Bú? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Bú live; 43 percent live in Central America and 43 percent live in Hispano-Central America.

This surname is most commonly used in Honduras, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,408,221. Apart from Honduras this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Hungary, where 29 percent reside and The United States, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bu8389,540/
Bü835/
Bù832/
Bús801,324/
Búš80148/
Búz80131/
Bút8021/
Búa8019/
Búd801/
Búth6723/
Búcz679/
Búss675/
Búsz672/
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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 Bú
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