Bugaya Surname
Approximately 59 people bear this surname
Bugaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 49 | 1:796,720 | 37,939 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Bugaya (36) may also be a first name.
Bugaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bugaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bugaya (Marathi: बुगया) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bugaya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,506,728th most frequently used family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 123,517,727 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Bugaya live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Bugaya is also the 1,717,090th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 36 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 49 people, or 1 in 796,720. In Uganda Bugaya is most numerous in: Nakaseke District, where 27 percent reside, Mpigi District, where 24 percent reside and Wakiso District, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Uganda this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 12 percent reside and Tanzania, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bugaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bugaya in the Marathi language | ||
| बुगया | bugaya | 80 |
| बूगया | bugaya | 20 |
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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 Bugaya
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