The surname Bhuiyan
A Bengali surname, carried by 1,427 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B500
Origin
Bengali origin
Transliteration of Bengali ভুঁইয়া (bhũiẏa) and Assamese ভূঞা (bhuña), literally, “landowner”, and are compound of ভুঁই (bhũi, “land”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, “owner, possessor”).
One of 21 Bengali surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,427 people named Bhuiyan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. That is up 120% since 2000, when the Census counted 648.
Who is named Bhuiyan
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
90% of people named Bhuiyan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.4% as two or more races and 2.9% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 90%
- Two or more races 3.4%
- White (not Hispanic) 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Other Bengali surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Bhuiyan come from?
- Transliteration of Bengali ভুঁইয়া (bhũiẏa) and Assamese ভূঞা (bhuña), literally, “landowner”, and are compound of ভুঁই (bhũi, “land”) + -ইয়া (-iẏa, “owner, possessor”).
- How common is the surname Bhuiyan?
- 1,427 people in the United States had the surname Bhuiyan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,360 Americans. It ranked 19,075th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bhuiyan?
- In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Bhuiyan identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.4% as two or more races.
- Is the surname Bhuiyan getting more or less common?
- More common. 648 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,427 in 2010, up 120%.