Balaguza Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Uganda

Balaguza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Balaguza Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Balaguza Last Name Facts

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

The last name Balaguza occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Balaguza.

How Common Is The Last Name Balaguza? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,968,613th most commonly used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Balaguza live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 50,619,112. In The Philippines it is mostly found in: Bicol, where 50 percent live and Mimaropa, where 50 percent live. Barring The Philippines this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 25 percent live and Uganda, where 25 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Balagoza88164/
Balagusa8816/
Balagiza882/
Valaguzza8285/
Balanguzi824/
Vallaguzza781/
Balagosa751,934/
Balaguje751/
Valagussa711,431/
Ballagosa711/
Balaggosa711/
Balyagisaha631/
Balagoso631/
Balagiso631/
Balougoudjo531/
Balogosa501/
Balegisa501/

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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 Balaguza
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