Bukiga Surname
Approximately 244 people bear this surname
Bukiga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 243 | 1:217,867 | 18,185 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Bukiga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bukiga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bukiga is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Bukiga click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bukiga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,032,007th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Bukiga reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 243 people, or 1 in 217,867. In Tanzania Bukiga is most numerous in: Geita Region, where 100 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania Bukiga exists in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bukega | 83 | 455 | / |
| Buciga | 83 | 6 | / |
| Bukigi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Bukuga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Buchiga | 77 | 16 | / |
| Bouciga | 77 | 1 | / |
| Bukeega | 77 | 1 | / |
| Boukegha | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bouchiga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bucuga | 67 | 142 | / |
| Bouchigha | 67 | 121 | / |
| Bukege | 67 | 4 | / |
| Bukego | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bucigo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Bucigi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Wujciga | 62 | 19 | / |
| Vukegah | 62 | 1 | / |
| Boucega | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bucuingo | 57 | 8 | / |
| Buchegha | 57 | 1 | / |
| Vukeigho | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bouccega | 57 | 1 | / |
| Buckeger | 57 | 1 | / |
| Bucheega | 57 | 1 | / |
| Boukeghet | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bouchegga | 53 | 1 | / |
| Bukkhegui | 53 | 1 | / |
| Buchcaiger | 50 | 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 Bukiga
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