Buganu Surname

862,604th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 315 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Buganu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buganu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania3001:66,9268,043
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Buganu (20) may also be a first name.

Buganu Last Name Facts

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

Buganu (Marathi: बूगनू, Oriya: ବୁଗନୁ) is more frequently found in Romania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buganu? popularity and diffusion

Buganu is the 862,604th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 23,135,066 people. Buganu is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Buganu reside; 95 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 95 percent reside in Romanian Europe. Buganu is also the 2,446,817th most prevalent given name worldwide, borne by 20 people.

The last name is most widely held in Romania, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 66,926. In Romania it is most frequent in: Vaslui County, where 39 percent are found, Constanța County, where 18 percent are found and Bucharest Municipality, where 11 percent are found. Beside Romania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 3 percent are found and Denmark, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunganu927/
Bugangu921/
Bugheanu86586/
Bugonu831/
Bugenu831/
Boughanou8012/
Bouganous804/
Bhoganu772/
Boughannou759/
Boughanouz751/
Boughanous750/
Bogheanu71359/
Bougonou7111/
Boughenou67447/
Bougounou6722/
Bogonu673/
Bungãu671/
Boungounou639/
Boughennou631/
Bugojnü621/

Buganu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buganu in the Oriya language
ବୁଗନୁbuganu-
Buganu in the Marathi language
बूगनूbuganu-

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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 Buganu
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