Buguru Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Buguru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Buguru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania141:3,781,54451,645
India111:69,733,217610,955
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Buguru (718) may also be a first name.

Buguru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Buguru (Oriya: ବୁଗୁରୁ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Buguru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,485,539th most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. Buguru occurs mostly in Africa, where 53 percent of Buguru live; 53 percent live in East Africa and 53 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 308,040th most numerous forename on earth, held by 718 people.

This surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 3,781,544. In Tanzania Buguru is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 64 percent reside, Kagera Region, where 7 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 34 percent reside and Uganda, where 9 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bunguru923/
Boguru8347/
Vuguru839/
Bugoru833/
Bougourou80159/
Bogguru77163/
Vunguru7713/
Mpuguru777/
Booguru773/
Bhoguru771/
Bogguuru711/
Bogourou711/
Bougurrouss711/
Bogoru671/
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Buguru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buguru in the Oriya language
ବୁଗୁରୁbuguru98.87
ବୁଗୁରୂbuguru1.13

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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 Buguru
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