Bavuga Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bavuga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bavuga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3941:99,0849,990
DR Congo961:769,57954,223
Nigeria411:4,320,555118,938
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
England11:55,718,059489,080
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bavuga (51) may also be a first name.

Bavuga Last Name Facts

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

Bavuga is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Bavuga.

How Common Is The Last Name Bavuga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 577,768th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 13,396,224 people. The surname Bavuga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bavuga are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Bavuga is also the 1,396,783rd most commonly occurring forename globally, borne by 51 people.

Bavuga is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 394 people, or 1 in 99,084. In Uganda Bavuga is primarily found in: Kisoro District, where 42 percent live, Mubende District, where 12 percent live and Kamwenge District, where 9 percent live. Other than Uganda this surname is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 18 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bavunga9221/
Bavuuga922/
Bavugga922/
Baavuga921/
Bhavuga921/
Bavounga861/
Bavugahe861/
Babuga833,291/
Wavuga8312/
Baviga832/
Bevuga831/
Bawuga831/
Babunga771,994/
Babouga77247/
Bovunga7748/
Bawunga7722/
Basbuga7719/
Baabuga7710/
Baybuga777/
Bhabuga775/
Babugga775/
Babauga772/
Baawuga771/
Bavougou71132/
Bampunga7142/
Baibunga7134/
Babugaud7113/
Babounga7111/
Bavighay713/
Baibugad711/
Bawiga67686/
Baboga67335/
Bovoga67130/
Wabuga6729/
Vavoga679/
Baabugaud675/
Beviga671/

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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 Bavuga
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