Bug Surname

188,085th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,249 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Monaco

Bug Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Bug Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India9161:837,40837,105
Germany6211:129,63815,793
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
France321:2,075,710171,237
Taiwan211:1,116,4167,706
Canada211:1,754,552114,935
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Cameroon161:1,298,06776,941
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Pakistan131:13,741,83758,392
England131:4,286,005132,302
China121:113,943,4645,994
Czechia111:966,67976,885
Malaysia111:2,681,293102,971
Iran101:7,678,252153,484
Israel91:950,84857,975
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Argentina81:5,342,927168,491
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Panama51:782,45211,059
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Malta11:430,2723,380
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1001:502,18735,305

The alternate forms: Büg (35) are calculated separately.

Bug (250) may also be a first name.

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Bug Demographics

Bug Political Affiliation
in United States

Sample size: 14 (2014)

United States
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Bug Last Name Facts

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

Bug (Hindi: बुग, Marathi: बुग, Oriya: ବୁଗ) is found most frequently in India. It can occur in the variant forms: Büg. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bug? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bug is the 188,085th most frequently held surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,240,349 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Bug reside; 42 percent reside in South Asia and 41 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Bug is also the 563,826th most widespread first name on earth It is held by 250 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 916 people, or 1 in 837,408. In India Bug is mostly concentrated in: West Bengal, where 94 percent live, Assam, where 3 percent live and Telangana, where 1 percent live. Apart from India Bug occurs in 67 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 28 percent live and The United States, where 11 percent live.

Bug Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Bug has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Bug last name grew 240 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 130 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Bug Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Bug surname are 31.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 78.57% registered to vote for the political party.

Bug earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.66% less than the national average, earning $33,802 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Büg8935/
Bugg867,867/
Bugs861,675/
Bugh86977/
Baug86953/
Boug86929/
Beug86452/
Buig8649/
Bugt8626/
Bugk8611/
Busg864/
Bhug862/
Buhg861/
Bugc861/
Buug861/
Bugz861/
Buqg861/
Baugh7522,489/
Buggs754,423/
Bough752,710/
Bugue75339/
Bouyg7580/
Bahug7546/
Beugg7541/
Bucgs7521/
Bujgh7510/
Bhaug758/
Bougt758/
Beugh757/
Bugss753/
Buchg753/
Baugs752/
Beugt752/
Bouhg752/
Bhoug752/
Bukgh751/
Busgh751/
Buhyg751/
Buigs751/
Bugch751/
Buikg751/
Bhugg751/
Bhugt751/
Buigc751/
Bugsh751/
Buggz750/
Bugck750/
Bujgs750/
Bougs750/
Bux67637,794/
Buk6710,354/
Buc673,403/
Bog67820/
Bougue67696/
Baugue67184/
Bugova67172/
Vug67162/
Bugová6778/
Bugsch6772/
Beugue6759/
Wug6732/
Buq6713/
Bouggs672/
Buigss671/
Busgth671/
Buiggs671/
Boussg671/
Bushgh671/
Buigue671/
Bóg671/
Bougsz671/
Bouygh671/
Beugsh670/
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Bug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bug in the Oriya language
ବୁଗbuga-
Bug in the Marathi language
बुगbuga-
Bug in the Hindi language
बुगbuga75
बुग्गाbugga25

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Bug
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