Buruga Surname
Approximately 2,155 people bear this surname
Buruga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,424 | 1:27,415 | 3,804 |
| India | 536 | 1:1,431,092 | 54,604 |
| Romania | 118 | 1:170,151 | 17,581 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
The alternate forms: Burugă (9) are calculated separately.
Buruga (98) may also be a first name.
Buruga Demographics
Average Buruga Salary in
United States
$54,175 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Buruga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buruga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Buruga (Marathi: बुरुगा, Oriya: ବୁରୁଗା) is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Burugă. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 194,901st most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,381,692 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Buruga live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 63 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 956,749th most widely held first name globally, borne by 98 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is held by 1,424 people, or 1 in 27,415. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Koboko District, where 73 percent are found, Maracha District, where 16 percent are found and Arua District, where 5 percent are found. Other than Uganda Buruga is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent are found and Romania, where 5 percent are found.
Buruga Last Name Statistics demography
Buruga earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.55% more than the national average, earning $54,175 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buruga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buruga in the Oriya language | ||
| ବୁରୁଗା | buruga | - |
| Buruga in the Marathi language | ||
| बुरुगा | buruga | - |
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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 Buruga
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