BUGNO probably comes from the root _bug-_, "bend, curve," especially in a river. The most obvious case of this is the name of the Bug River, part of the eastern border of modern Poland. BUGNO might mean an ancestor lived by a bend in a river.
As of 1990 there were 651 people living in Poland with this name. The largest numbers can be found in the Provinces of Katowice (89), Krakow (33), Lodz (31), Nowy Sacz (160), Opole (30), and Tarnow (82) -- primarily in southcentral and southeastern Poland.
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William F. "Fred" Hoffman
Author, Polish Surnames: Origins & Meanings
Publications Editor, Polish Genealogical Society of America
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