Dhungana Surname

158,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,754 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Qatar

Dhungana Surname User-submission:

Dhungana is the surname of Nepali Brahmin class, a descendent of saint Kaushik.

Dhungana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1,0061:762,49034,647
Nepal6411:44,4321,411
United States2401:1,510,246102,670
Qatar2371:9,9491,090
United Arab Emirates1401:65,4456,155
Pakistan1101:1,624,03517,073
Canada611:604,02649,778
Bhutan561:11,001366
Malaysia511:578,31828,229
Australia441:613,53943,545
England371:1,505,89364,828
Portugal281:372,08012,265
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Japan101:12,784,42945,945
Bangladesh91:17,706,30813,537
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
South Korea61:8,540,0431,433
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Iceland31:126,6975,403
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
France11:66,422,722504,397
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Dhungana Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Dhungana is the surname of Nepali Brahmin class, a descendent of saint Kaushik.

- bharatbabu

Dhungana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Dhungana Come From? nationality or country of origin

Dhungana (Hindi: ढुंगाना, Marathi: धुंगाना, Tibetan: དུང་ག་ན།) is more frequently found in India than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Dhungana click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dhungana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dhungana is the 158,560th most commonly occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,646,168 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 84 percent of Dhungana are found; 66 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Indo-South Asia.

The surname is most widespread in India, where it is borne by 1,006 people, or 1 in 762,490. In India Dhungana is most common in: Assam, where 60 percent reside, Manipur, where 14 percent reside and West Bengal, where 9 percent reside. Besides India Dhungana occurs in 37 countries. It is also common in Nepal, where 23 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.

Dhungana Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Dhungana are 0.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 53.57% registered to vote for the party.

Dhungana earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.6% more than the national average, earning $44,271 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dhungana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dhungana in the Hindi language
ढुंगानाdhungana-
Dhungana in the Tibetan language
དུང་ག་ན།dunggana78.13
དྲུང་ག་ན།drunggana12.5
དུང་ག་ན་།dunggana3.13
དུ་ང་ག་ན།dungagana3.13
དྲུང་ག་ནdrunggana3.13
Dhungana in the Marathi language
धुंगानाdhungana25
धुंगनाdhungana25
धुनगनाdhunagana25
ढुंगानाdhungana12.5
ढुंगणाdhungana12.5

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