Buiya Surname
Approximately 883 people bear this surname
Buiya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| India | 324 | 1:2,367,486 | 76,917 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buiya (3,993) may also be a first name.
Buiya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buiya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buiya (Bengali: ভূইয়া, Hindi: बुइया, Marathi: बुईया) has its highest incidence in Bangladesh. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buiya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 398,612th most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,253,166 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Buiya reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 110,543rd most frequent first name globally, borne by 3,993 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 541 people, or 1 in 294,560. Apart from Bangladesh this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 37 percent live and Benin, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buiya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buiya in the Bengali language | ||
| ভূইয়া | bhu'iya | - |
| Buiya in the Marathi language | ||
| बुईया | bu'iya | - |
| Buiya in the Hindi language | ||
| बुइया | bu'iya | 91.04 |
| बुईया | bu'iya | 7.23 |
| बूइया | bu'iya | 0.58 |
| बूईया | bu'iya | 0.29 |
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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 Buiya
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