Bugufi Surname
Approximately 134 people bear this surname
Bugufi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 133 | 1:398,057 | 28,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Bugufi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bugufi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bugufi occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Bugufi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bugufi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,544,715th most frequently held family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 54,384,671 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Bugufi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
Bugufi is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 133 people, or 1 in 398,057. In Tanzania Bugufi is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 90 percent reside, Kilimanjaro Region, where 7 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Tanzania it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bougoufi | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bogaufi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bougoufa | 71 | 2,083 | / |
| Bougoufe | 71 | 9 | / |
| Bouguffa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boughoufaia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bougouffa | 67 | 1,567 | / |
| Boughoufa | 67 | 15 | / |
| Bouggoufa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bouggouffa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Boughouffa | 63 | 1 | / |
| Bogoufa | 62 | 2 | / |
| Voghoufi | 57 | 2 | / |
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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 Bugufi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis