Buguma Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Buguma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buguma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo3831:192,89719,402
Uganda361:1,084,42445,587
Nigeria181:9,841,264197,192
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Buguma (62) may also be a first name.

Buguma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Buguma (Oriya: ବୁଗୁମା, Russian: Бугума) is found in The DR Congo more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Buguma? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 674,066th most common surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 16,450,442 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Buguma live; 86 percent live in Central Africa and 86 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Buguma is also the 1,246,114th most numerous given name at a global level, borne by 62 people.

Buguma is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 383 people, or 1 in 192,897. Without taking into account The DR Congo this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 8 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bugumha925/
Bunguma924/
Bughuma922/
Bouguma921/
Bugumaj921/
Bougouma864,425/
Bungumay8685/
Bugoma831,444/
Bugima8341/
Boguma8320/
Bugume836/
Bugumi834/
Boungouma804/
Boghuma77179/
Bogouma775/
Bougoma772/
Vunguma771/
Bungume771/
Boguhma771/
Bughima771/
Bougoume7132/
Mpunguma7118/
Buggimma714/
Bougoumi711/
Bougoumo711/
Bogoma6776/
Woguma677/
Bougoumou672/
Bogumi671/
Bugome671/
Wugoma671/

Buguma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buguma in the Oriya language
ବୁଗୁମାbuguma-
Buguma in the Russian language
Бугумаbuguma-

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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 Buguma
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