Buggs Surname
Approximately 4,423 people bear this surname
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
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,164 | 1:87,046 | 9,810 |
| England | 177 | 1:314,791 | 23,605 |
| South Africa | 42 | 1:1,289,945 | 71,309 |
| Mexico | 10 | 1:12,412,620 | 43,480 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 210 | 1:116,073 | 11,213 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 251 | 1:200,074 | 17,416 |
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.
Buggs Demographics
Buggs Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Buggs Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buggs Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buggs is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of Buggs click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buggs? popularity and diffusion
It is the 105,809th most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,647,648 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Buggs live; 94 percent live in North America and 94 percent live in Anglo-North America. Buggs is also the 1,840,253rd most frequent first name world-wide, held by 32 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 4,164 people, or 1 in 87,046. In The United States it is primarily found in: Georgia, where 13 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Beside The United States it exists in 22 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Buggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Buggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Buggs last name grew 1,659 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 16 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Buggs Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Presbyterian (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Buggs surname are 3.49% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 56.72% being registered with the political 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouggs | 91 | 2 | / |
| Buiggs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Bueggs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Bugg | 89 | 7,867 | / |
| Bugs | 89 | 1,675 | / |
| Boggs | 80 | 37,273 | / |
| Beugg | 80 | 41 | / |
| Bucgs | 80 | 21 | / |
| Bugss | 80 | 3 | / |
| Baugs | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bugse | 80 | 2 | / |
| Bugsh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buigs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhugg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bugst | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buegs | 80 | 1 | / |
| Buggz | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bujgs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bougs | 80 | 0 | / |
| Bug | 75 | 2,249 | / |
| Bugsch | 73 | 72 | / |
| Bougse | 73 | 9 | / |
| Bieggs | 73 | 2 | / |
| Boggss | 73 | 2 | / |
| Bougsz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Buigss | 73 | 1 | / |
| Booggs | 73 | 0 | / |
| Beugsh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Bogg | 67 | 1,454 | / |
| Bugh | 67 | 977 | / |
| Baug | 67 | 953 | / |
| Boug | 67 | 929 | / |
| Bogs | 67 | 717 | / |
| Buks | 67 | 662 | / |
| Beug | 67 | 452 | / |
| Vugs | 67 | 236 | / |
| Baugstø | 67 | 76 | / |
| Buxs | 67 | 51 | / |
| Buig | 67 | 49 | / |
| Bauggue | 67 | 26 | / |
| Bugt | 67 | 26 | / |
| Buqs | 67 | 16 | / |
| Bouggue | 67 | 14 | / |
| Busx | 67 | 14 | / |
| Bugk | 67 | 11 | / |
| Busg | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bhug | 67 | 2 | / |
| Vugg | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bougsse | 67 | 2 | / |
| Busq | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bugc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bügg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bügs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buug | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bugz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bougshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wugs | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buqg | 67 | 1 | / |
| Buhg | 67 | 1 | / |
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