Buga Surname
Approximately 20,415 people bear this surname
Buga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 6,105 | 1:3,289 | 451 |
| Uganda | 4,410 | 1:8,852 | 1,516 |
| Moldova | 4,194 | 1:849 | 51 |
| Russia | 1,488 | 1:96,857 | 11,982 |
| Nigeria | 572 | 1:309,690 | 17,197 |
| Philippines | 561 | 1:180,460 | 29,054 |
| Indonesia | 348 | 1:380,026 | 32,452 |
| Poland | 318 | 1:119,524 | 17,797 |
| Solomon Islands | 279 | 1:2,079 | 174 |
| Hungary | 270 | 1:36,357 | 3,962 |
| Papua New Guinea | 237 | 1:34,404 | 4,044 |
| India | 200 | 1:3,835,327 | 105,627 |
| DR Congo | 171 | 1:432,044 | 35,878 |
| Tanzania | 153 | 1:346,024 | 25,597 |
| United States | 151 | 1:2,400,390 | 147,856 |
| Italy | 120 | 1:509,639 | 51,223 |
| Germany | 90 | 1:894,505 | 63,669 |
| Transnistria | 71 | 1:6,686 | 1,279 |
| Belarus | 67 | 1:141,807 | 19,862 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Canada | 49 | 1:751,951 | 59,756 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
| Kazakhstan | 44 | 1:401,875 | 31,337 |
| Serbia | 32 | 1:223,280 | 12,990 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Norway | 29 | 1:177,320 | 21,035 |
| Taiwan | 22 | 1:1,065,670 | 7,365 |
| Brazil | 19 | 1:11,267,070 | 228,483 |
| Czechia | 19 | 1:559,656 | 56,138 |
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Slovakia | 10 | 1:533,645 | 60,629 |
| Denmark | 10 | 1:564,472 | 34,222 |
| Greece | 8 | 1:1,384,974 | 86,362 |
| Argentina | 8 | 1:5,342,927 | 168,491 |
| Bulgaria | 8 | 1:872,363 | 31,900 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 1:29,773,981 | 92,487 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Abkhazia | 1 | 1:242,865 | 5,354 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Būga (61), Bugă (28) & Bugã (1) are calculated separately.
Buga (2,693) may also be a first name.
Buga Demographics
Buga Religious Adherence
in Russia
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Buga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buga (Hindi: बुगा, Marathi: बुगा, Oriya: ବୁଗା, Russian: Буга) occurs most in Romania. It can be found in the variant forms: Būga, Bugă or Bugã. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Buga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 26,354th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 356,970 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 62 percent of Buga live; 60 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in Romanian Europe. Buga is also the 141,166th most common first name worldwide, borne by 2,693 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 6,105 people, or 1 in 3,289. In Romania it is most frequent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 12 percent reside, Suceava County, where 8 percent reside and Bacău County, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Romania Buga is found in 77 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 22 percent reside and Moldova, where 21 percent reside.
Buga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Buga has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Buga surname increased 5,033 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 3,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Buga last name is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (81%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Buga last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Buga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 33.78% less than the national average, earning 229,168 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 250.49% more than the national average, earning R 832,908 per year; in United States they earn 8.59% less than the national average, earning $39,441 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.71% less than the national average, earning $49,328 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buga in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁଗା | buga | - |
| Buga in the Marathi language | ||
| बुगा | buga | 95.41 |
| बूगा | buga | 3.61 |
| Buga in the Hindi language | ||
| बुगा | buga | 88.73 |
| बूगा | buga | 9.86 |
| बुग्ाा | bugaa | 1.41 |
| Buga in the Russian language | ||
| Буга | buga | - |
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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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- 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 Buga
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