Drugu Surname

2,047,559th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 84 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Drugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Drugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania801:250,97323,655
Albania31:971,35222,477
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Drugu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Drugu (Marathi: दगू, Russian: Другу, Tibetan: གྲུ་གུ་) is carried by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Drugu? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,047,559th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 86,756,499 people. Drugu is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Drugu are found; 95 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 95 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 250,973. In Romania Drugu is most prevalent in: Olt County, where 49 percent live, Brașov County, where 38 percent live and Bucharest Municipality, where 5 percent live. Outside of Romania it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Albania, where 4 percent live and Canada, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Drugau91130/
Drugus91126/
Druguş911/
Drougou8360/
Drugush8310/
Drigu8085/
Drogu8024/
Droungou7728/
Drugoe7318/
Droughaut711/
Druggusht710/
Drogou55214/
Drigau5520/
Drigou5514/
Drogão551/
Dhrighu501/

Drugu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Drugu in the Tibetan language
གྲུ་གུ་drugu-
Drugu in the Marathi language
दगूdagu-
Drugu in the Russian language
Другуdrugu-

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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
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  • 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 Drugu
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