Buregeya Surname
Approximately 14,243 people bear this surname
Buregeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 8,774 | 1:1,117 | 317 |
| Rwanda | 4,961 | 1:2,291 | 543 |
| Uganda | 278 | 1:140,429 | 12,681 |
| DR Congo | 198 | 1:373,129 | 32,235 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Buregeya (90) may also be a first name.
Buregeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buregeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buregeya is carried by more people in Burundi than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buregeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Buregeya is the 37,013th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 511,658 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buregeya reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 98 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,005,046th most commonly held given name at a global level It is held by 90 people.
The surname Buregeya is most commonly occurring in Burundi, where it is borne by 8,774 people, or 1 in 1,117. Aside from Burundi it exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 35 percent reside and Uganda, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buregea | 93 | 13 | / |
| Burejeya | 88 | 8 | / |
| Buregeye | 88 | 1 | / |
| Bouregaya | 82 | 4 | / |
| Buresey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bouregaa | 75 | 4,489 | / |
| Biregeyi | 75 | 202 | / |
| Burechea | 75 | 28 | / |
| Bouregâa | 75 | 4 | / |
| Bouregai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Buregiye | 75 | 1 | / |
| Boregaya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bureechai | 71 | 15 | / |
| Bouragaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Burechiea | 71 | 2 | / |
| Bouregaaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boureghaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bourregaa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Boureigay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Bouregaia | 71 | 1 | / |
| Burragaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Buragay | 67 | 761 | / |
| Buricea | 67 | 380 | / |
| Buragai | 67 | 32 | / |
| Boureghaia | 67 | 17 | / |
| Burigay | 67 | 5 | / |
| Boregaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Buragoy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Burisea | 67 | 0 | / |
| Buresau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- 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 Buregeya
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