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    The surname Bugay

    A Tagalog surname, carried by 548 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bugay is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Tagalog origin

    Two main origins: * Americanized spelling of Polish Bugaj. * Borrowed from Tagalog Bugay; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 548 people named Bugay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 556.

    #40,016
    rank among US surnames
    548
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,640)

    Who is named Bugay

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    72% of people named Bugay identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 72%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 24%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Bugay

    Bugay has the Soundex code B200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B200.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Bugay come from?
    Two main origins: * Americanized spelling of Polish Bugaj. * Borrowed from Tagalog Bugay; this surname is predominantly found in Central Luzon.
    How common is the surname Bugay?
    548 people in the United States had the surname Bugay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 563,404 Americans. It ranked 40,016th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Bugay?
    In the 2010 Census, 72% of people named Bugay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Bugay getting more or less common?
    Less common. 556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 548 in 2010, down 1.4%.