Bugama Surname

1,125,333rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 215 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Panama

Bugama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bugama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1251:423,53329,670
Panama631:62,0992,793
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Bugama (28) may also be a first name.

Bugama Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bugama (Marathi: बुगमा) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bugama? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,125,333rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 33,895,562 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Bugama live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bugama is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 28 people.

The surname Bugama is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 125 people, or 1 in 423,533. In Tanzania Bugama is mostly concentrated in: Mara Region, where 98 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 1 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Panama, where 29 percent are found and Nigeria, where 7 percent are found.

Bugama Last Name Statistics demography

Bugama earn less than half the average income. In Colombia they earn 61.56% less than the national average, earning $8,725,960 COP per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Bugama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Bugama in the Marathi language
बुगमाbugama80
बुगामाbugama20

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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 Bugama
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