# Bhuiyan (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/bhuiyan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Bengali or Assamese

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,427 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,075 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 216,360 people |
| Change since 2000 | +120% (648 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Bengali ভুঁইয়া (bhũiẏa) and Assamese ভূঞা (bhuña), literally, “landowner”, and are compound of ভুঁই (bhũi, “land”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, “owner, possessor”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Bhuiyan in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.9% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 90% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 3.4% |

## Similar surnames

Bowen, Boone, Bean, Bain, Bueno, Baum, Beam, Bunn, Bone, Boehm, Bahena, Bohn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.