Bür Surname

349,405th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,045 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Bür Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bür 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
Turkey1,0351:75,1906,947
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
France11:66,422,722504,397

The alternate forms: Bur (16,317) & Búr (87) are calculated separately.

Bür Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bür occurs in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Bur or Búr. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bür? popularity and diffusion

The last name Bür is the 349,405th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 6,973,728 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Bür are found; 85 percent are found in West Asia and 85 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname is most frequently used in Turkey, where it is carried by 1,035 people, or 1 in 75,190. In Turkey it is most common in: Istanbul Province, where 13 percent reside, Diyarbakir Province, where 10 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 8 percent reside. Other than Turkey it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent reside and Sweden, where 0 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
Bur8916,317/
Búr8987/
Bühr86408/
Bürr8614/
Büre8611/
Bürt863/
Bühre75106/
Bürth7530/
Bührt7512/
Bor67107,058/
Bór67100/
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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 Bür
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