Buganga Surname
Approximately 1,640 people bear this surname
Buganga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,498 | 1:35,342 | 4,126 |
| DR Congo | 123 | 1:600,647 | 45,387 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
Buganga (77) may also be a first name.
Buganga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buganga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buganga has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Buganga.
How Common Is The Last Name Buganga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 243,203rd most frequent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 4,443,626 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Buganga live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 92 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,100,117th most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 77 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,498 people, or 1 in 35,342. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Geita Region, where 22 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 19 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 17 percent live. Not including Tanzania Buganga is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 8 percent live and Uganda, where 1 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
- 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 Buganga
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