Buğan

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Buğan is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Türkiye than in any other country. Recorded meaning: comprimer, fouler.

rarermore common
  • TRTürkiye≈1 in 125K(inferred from the name graph)
  • RORomania≈1 in 63K
  • HRCroatia1 in 132K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Türkiye (inferred from the name graph)

≈660 people, est.

Sources
63 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 63K (inferred from the name graph)

Romania, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Bugan in PH Philippines, ZA South Africa, HR Croatia and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

comprimer, fouler

Sources 1

  • Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Buğan counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Buğan is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TR Türkiye≈660 est.≈1 in 125K—Buğan23
RO Romania≈340 est.≈1 in 63K—Bugan10
ZA South Africa≈280 est.≈1 in 202K—Bugan10
PH Philippines≈230 est.≈1 in 471K—Bugan11
IN India≈94 est.≈1 in 14M1Bugan3
HR Croatia321 in 132K32Bugan11
NZ New Zealand≈11 est.≈1 in 430K—Bugan1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Buğan is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bugan

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Philippines, Belgium

    Also written Bugan

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, Brazil, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Bugan, Bugán

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bugan, Bugáň, Bugán

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Bugan

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bugan

  • Italian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Bugan, Bugán

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Buğan under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Buğan mean, and where does it come from?
comprimer, fouler Recorded by Deshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003).
In which country does Buğan have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 655 people named Buğan in Türkiye, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled buğan.
How common is the name Buğan?
In Croatia, the national register counted 32 people named Buğan in 2021, about 1 in 132 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Buğan”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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