Budongo Surname

683,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 435 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Budongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Budongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania3831:138,22912,761
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Uganda251:1,561,57156,175

Budongo Last Name Facts

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

Budongo is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Budongo? popularity and diffusion

The last name Budongo is the 683,026th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,752,979 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Budongo live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 383 people, or 1 in 138,229. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 53 percent live, Kigoma Region, where 47 percent live and Mara Region, where 0 percent live. Besides Tanzania Budongo is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

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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 Budongo
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