Bugave Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Bugave Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bugave Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea1171:69,6909,084
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Bugave (64) may also be a first name.

Bugave Last Name Facts

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

Bugave is more frequently found in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Bugave? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,674,734th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 61,758,864 people. Bugave is predominantly found in Oceania, where 99 percent of Bugave live; 99 percent live in Oceania Islands and 99 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Bugave is also the 1,223,525th most prevalent given name throughout the world It is held by 64 people.

This last name is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 69,690. In Papua New Guinea it is most frequent in: Central, where 78 percent reside, National Capital District, where 12 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 5 percent reside. Beside Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bungave926/
Bhugave922/
Bugabe83154/
Bugawe833/
Bugive831/
Bhogave7742/
Bungawe773/
Bougawe772/
Baugava771/
Bougava771/
Bugawet771/
Bugayovy711/
Bungawee711/
Boughabe711/
Bougabes711/
Bougaibe711/
Bugovets711/
Bugoba6797/
Bugaba6779/
Bugobe6742/
Bugový6720/
Bugabi677/
Bugawa677/
Bogabe672/
Baughavai671/
Boughaber671/
Bugawi671/
Bugovy671/
Bogawe671/
Bogava671/
Bugeui671/

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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 Bugave
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