Barua (also spelt as Baroa, Baruah, Barooa, Barooah, Baroova, Baroowa, Borooah, Baruva, Baruwa, Borooah, Borua, Boruah) is a common Assamese surname shared by the Assamese communities much like Aroras of Punjab.
Barua surname is also used by the Magh people of Chittagong, Myanmar and West Bengal also known as Maramagri.
They follow Theravada Buddhism and are a different community from Assamese Hindu Baruas.
Originally, the Barua surname was used as a military rank in the Sutiya kingdom held by individuals from the Buruk clan.
[18] The rank bestowed upon the individuals within the Assamese community was adopted by and forms part of the continuum of the Assamese society of several groups – the Ahoms, the Brahmins, the Kalitas, the Koch, the Morans,[19] the Motoks,[20] the Kacharis (Sonowals and the Thengals),[21] besides the Sutiyas.