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
The surname Buruga (Marathi: बुरुगा, Oriya: ବୁରୁଗା) is found most frequently in Uganda. It can also be found as: Burugă. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buruga? popularity and diffusion
Buruga is the 194,901st most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,381,692 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 68 percent of Buruga reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 63 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Buruga is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 98 people.
The last name Buruga is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,424 people, or 1 in 27,415. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Koboko District, where 73 percent live, Maracha District, where 16 percent live and Arua District, where 5 percent live. Barring Uganda this surname occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in India, where 25 percent live and Romania, where 5 percent live.
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
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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 Buruga
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