de Buys Surname

733,258th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 395 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

de Buys Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Buys 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
South Africa3531:153,47817,355
Belgium251:459,86646,150
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
England31:18,572,686338,250
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711
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de Buys Demographics

Average de Buys Salary in
South Africa

R 563,964

Per year
Rank:
13,842 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00216036
Rank: 5,244 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
237.32%
Sample size: 96 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

de Buys Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Buys is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Buys? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 733,258th most widely held family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 18,449,483 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of de Buys live; 89 percent live in Southern Africa and 89 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 353 people, or 1 in 153,478. In South Africa de Buys is most prevalent in: Gauteng, where 46 percent are found, Western Cape, where 26 percent are found and North West, where 9 percent are found. Not including South Africa this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

de Buys Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Buys has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the de Buys surname increased 200 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Buys Last Name Statistics demography

de Buys earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 137.32% more than the national average, earning R 563,964 per year.

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
de Buyst93358/
de Bus92199/
de Buy922/
de Beus86662/
de Beys86354/
de Buss8628/
de Bues8617/
de Buis8615/
de Buse869/
de Baus865/
de Buya861/
de Bous860/
de Bush860/
de Bust860/
de Boys860/
de By8336/
de Bu833/
de Vuyst803,267/
de Bayas8055/
de Booys8029/
de Busch8018/
de Beuse807/
de Bouse802/
de Bause801/
de Boyes801/
de Beust800/
de Bos77485/
de Bue77273/
de Bes77184/
de Wys77108/
de Bou7761/
de Bye7760/
de Bey7732/
de Bis7727/
de Bay7726/
de Buc7722/
de Boy778/
de Bau773/
de Beu772/
de Buu771/
de But771/
de Buijst7519/
de Bhauya751/
de Best711,442/
de Bois71469/
de Bies71248/
de Boey71241/
de Booy71209/
de Boos71178/
de Huis7188/
de Baay7184/
de Boes7181/
de Wyse7160/
de Budt7159/
de Vaus7131/
de Baya7127/
de Weys7125/
de Baut7125/
de Voys7122/
de Baes7121/
de Bees7119/
de Bussche7119/
de Vust7114/
de Bise7110/
de Boye719/
de Bayo717/
de Bais716/
de Bess716/
de Beas716/
de Boss714/
de Bhui713/
de Boyd712/
de Bayi712/
de Vous711/
de Bosh711/
de Hues711/
de Beis711/
de Bult711/
de Buia711/
de Buth711/
de Bosz711/
de Bout711/
de Baye711/
De-Beus711/
De-Buse711/
De-Bush711/
de Boux711/
de Besh711/
de Bios711/
de Biss711/
de Butt710/
de Boose6787/
De Boyed6769/
de Vayas6740/
de Bosch6732/
de Boise6727/
de Besch6720/
des Bois6716/
de Boeye6711/
de Vooys678/
de Besse676/
de Baise675/
de Beijs675/
de Bease674/
des Baux674/
de Bouët673/
de Bauch673/
de Be673/
De-Vuyst673/
de Bouet673/
de Ba672/
de Vuist672/
de Boudt672/
di By671/
de Bedts671/
de Bojos671/
de Bauio671/
de Beats671/
di Bu671/
de Beshe671/
de Huise671/
de Boyce670/
der Bois670/
des Bauh670/
de Bault670/
de Boies670/
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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 de Buys
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