Buruga Surname

194,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,155 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Buruga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Buruga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1,4241:27,4153,804
India5361:1,431,09254,604
Romania1181:170,15117,581
Papua New Guinea211:388,27250,829
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Sudan161:2,344,3874,438
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Burugă (9) are calculated separately.

Buruga (98) may also be a first name.

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

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Buruga in the Oriya language
ବୁରୁଗାburuga-
Buruga in the Marathi language
बुरुगाburuga-

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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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