Bulegeya Surname

396,526th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 889 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Uganda

Bulegeya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Bulegeya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5021:105,46110,265
Uganda3861:101,13810,142
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Bulegeya (10) may also be a first name.

Bulegeya Last Name Facts

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

Bulegeya is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Bulegeya? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 396,526th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,197,464 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bulegeya reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 10 people.

It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 502 people, or 1 in 105,461. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kigoma Region, where 66 percent are found, Kagera Region, where 19 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent are found. Barring Tanzania Bulegeya is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 43 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Buleegeya941/
Bulegehya941/
Bulegea9311/
Bulejeya887/
Buligeya882/
Bulagea80166/
Bulogey808/
Bulegaud751/
Bolegaya751/
Bouleysay710/
Bulagay6750/
Bulisey674/
Bolegaa671/
Buligai671/
Bulisea671/

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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 Bulegeya
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