Bugenyi Surname

1,067,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 233 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Bugenyi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bugenyi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1581:335,07425,051
Uganda711:549,84930,277
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Bugenyi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Bugenyi occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bugenyi? popularity and diffusion

The surname Bugenyi is the 1,067,497th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 31,277,021 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Bugenyi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname Bugenyi is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 335,074. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 87 percent reside, Mara Region, where 6 percent reside and Kagera Region, where 3 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 30 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

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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 Bugenyi
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