Dug Surname

996,001st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 257 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Dug Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dug Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India1471:5,218,132128,839
Taiwan611:384,3403,014
Indonesia141:9,446,371356,066
Papua New Guinea91:905,96994,851
Poland71:5,429,821146,768
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Denmark51:1,128,94352,970
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Ďug (5) are calculated separately.

Dug (997) may also be a first name.

Dug Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dug (Arabic: دوج, Hindi: दुग, Marathi: डुग, Oriya: ଦୁଗ, Russian: Дуг, Tibetan: དུག་) is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Ďug. For other potential spellings of Dug click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Dug? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 996,001st most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 28,356,210 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Dug reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 52 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 254,871st most widespread forename worldwide It is held by 997 people.

The surname Dug is most common in India, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 5,218,132. In India it is mostly concentrated in: Jharkhand, where 51 percent live, Arunachal Pradesh, where 15 percent live and Jammu and Kashmir, where 10 percent live. Beside India this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Taiwan, where 24 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ďug895/
Daug862,278/
Doug861,834/
Dugh86304/
Dugg86131/
Deug8631/
Dhug8613/
Dugs8610/
Duig864/
Dugc862/
Dusg862/
Dgug861/
Dujg861/
Duug861/
Dugt860/
Dugue755,418/
Dough751,454/
Daugs75568/
Daugh7524/
Duggs7521/
Duugh759/
Duigh757/
Dougs757/
Duygh754/
Dhugh753/
Dhugg753/
Dugck753/
Duggz752/
Dhuhg752/
Duigs751/
Dousg751/
Deugk751/
Dhucg751/
Duqug751/
Daugt751/
Daugg751/
Dgoug751/
Deugh751/
Dougg750/
Duc67142,130/
Duk6715,287/
Dog674,390/
Dux672,075/
Dougue67134/
Deugue67108/
Duq6731/
Dugova6722/
Duggås675/
Dhuggs673/
Daugke673/
Daugth672/
Dugque671/
Daugue671/
Dauggs671/

Dug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dug in the Tibetan language
དུག་duk-
Dug in the Oriya language
ଦୁଗduga70.59
ଡୁଗduga17.65
ଦୂଗduga5.88
ଦୁଗାduga5.88
Dug in the Marathi language
डुगduga69.23
दुगduga15.38
डॅुगdeuga15.38
Dug in the Hindi language
दुगduga68.75
डुगduga15.63
डूगduga14.06
दुग्dug1.56
Dug in the Russian language
Дугdug-
Dug in the Arabic language
دوجdwj-

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Footnotes

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