Buggs Surname

105,809th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,423 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Buggs Surname Definition:

(English, German) Descendant of Buga or Bugga (to stoop); descendant of Burgio, a pet form of names beginning with Burg (castle), as Burgmar and Burcward.

Buggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,1641:87,0469,810
England1771:314,79123,605
South Africa421:1,289,94571,309
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2101:116,07311,213
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2511:200,07417,416

Buggs (32) may also be a first name.

Buggs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English, German) Descendant of Buga or Bugga (to stoop); descendant of Burgio, a pet form of names beginning with Burg (castle), as Burgmar and Burcward.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Buggs Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buggs is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buggs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Buggs is the 105,809th most frequent surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,647,648 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Buggs are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Buggs is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently used forename globally, borne by 32 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,164 people, or 1 in 87,046. In The United States Buggs is most common in: Georgia, where 13 percent live, Texas, where 9 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Buggs exists in 22 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Buggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Buggs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Buggs surname expanded 1,659 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Buggs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Buggs surname are 3.49% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 56.72% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Buggs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.03% less than the national average, earning R 92,616 per year; in United States they earn 12.7% less than the national average, earning $37,669 USD per year and in Canada they earn 148.06% more than the national average, earning $123,246 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bouggs912/
Buiggs911/
Bueggs910/
Bugg897,867/
Bugs891,675/
Boggs8037,273/
Beugg8041/
Bucgs8021/
Bugss803/
Baugs802/
Bugse802/
Bugsh801/
Buigs801/
Bhugg801/
Bugst801/
Buegs801/
Buggz800/
Bujgs800/
Bougs800/
Bug752,249/
Bugsch7372/
Bougse739/
Bieggs732/
Boggss732/
Bougsz731/
Buigss731/
Booggs730/
Beugsh730/
Bogg671,454/
Bugh67977/
Baug67953/
Boug67929/
Bogs67717/
Buks67662/
Beug67452/
Vugs67236/
Baugstø6776/
Buxs6751/
Buig6749/
Bauggue6726/
Bugt6726/
Buqs6716/
Bouggue6714/
Busx6714/
Bugk6711/
Busg674/
Bhug672/
Vugg672/
Bougsse672/
Busq671/
Bugc671/
Bügg671/
Bügs671/
Buug671/
Bugz671/
Bougshe671/
Wugs671/
Buqg671/
Buhg671/

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