Buganda Surname
Approximately 1,071 people bear this surname
Buganda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 984 | 1:53,802 | 5,906 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Buganda (47) may also be a first name.
Buganda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buganda Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Buganda is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buganda? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buganda is the 342,554th most frequent family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,804,431 people. The surname Buganda occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buganda live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 47 people.
The surname Buganda is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 984 people, or 1 in 53,802. In Tanzania Buganda is mostly concentrated in: Mwanza Region, where 29 percent reside, Simiyu Region, where 29 percent reside and Geita Region, where 25 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Buganda occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugandai | 93 | 19 | / |
| Bunganda | 93 | 5 | / |
| Buganday | 93 | 1 | / |
| Boughanda | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bugando | 86 | 218 | / |
| Boganda | 86 | 54 | / |
| Bugandi | 86 | 11 | / |
| Bugonda | 86 | 4 | / |
| Bugande | 86 | 2 | / |
| Vuganda | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bughande | 80 | 9 | / |
| Vunganda | 80 | 6 | / |
| Bungandi | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bungando | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhugonda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Busgonda | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhuigande | 75 | 10 | / |
| Bung'ando | 75 | 6 | / |
| Boughamda | 75 | 5 | / |
| Bhungonda | 75 | 3 | / |
| Bhujgonda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boungonda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bougandou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bougounda | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bugondo | 71 | 421 | / |
| Bogonda | 71 | 136 | / |
| Bugondi | 71 | 129 | / |
| Bogande | 71 | 35 | / |
| Bougandouz | 71 | 3 | / |
| Bogando | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bogandi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Woganda | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boughandou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bougandous | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bugonde | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bhogande | 67 | 298 | / |
| Bougamdi | 67 | 59 | / |
| Bungondo | 67 | 21 | / |
| Bhugondi | 67 | 5 | / |
| Bougondo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bogondau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vungando | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boughandous | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bhogonda | 67 | 1 | / |
| Boogonda | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Buganda
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