Buyaga Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Buyaga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 588 | 1:90,037 | 9,065 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Buyaga (147) may also be a first name.
Buyaga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Buyaga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Buyaga (Russian: Буяга) is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Buyaga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 523,789th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Buyaga are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 760,591st most widely held first name in the world, borne by 147 people.
The last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 588 people, or 1 in 90,037. In Tanzania Buyaga is most numerous in: Simiyu Region, where 60 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 19 percent live and Shinyanga Region, where 18 percent live. Other than Tanzania it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Buyaga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Buyaga in the Russian language | ||
| Буяга | buaga | - |
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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 Buyaga
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