Bugunya Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bugunya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bugunya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Bugunya (22) may also be a first name.

Bugunya Last Name Facts

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

The last name Bugunya is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bugunya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 7,117,718th most prevalent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Bugunya live; 86 percent live in East Africa and 86 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 22 people.

Bugunya is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 7,807,856. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Kampala District, where 80 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 14 percent reside and Rwanda, where 14 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bhugunya931/
Bogunya8636/
Bugunia862/
Bugunja861/
Bugonya861/
Bungunia801/
Buguña7787/
Bougougna754/
Bogunia71716/
Wogunya71172/
Bogunyà714/
Bugonia712/
Boughougna712/
Bogunyá711/
Buguñá621/
Buguño621/
Vuguña621/
Bugonio571/
Bogonja571/

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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 Bugunya
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