Dungana Surname

773,729th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Dungana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dungana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan2641:2,333170
India921:8,337,667172,929
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Nepal31:9,493,65216,132
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Dungana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Dungana (Hindi: दुंगाना, Marathi: डुंगाना, Tibetan: དྲུང་ག་ན།) is most common in Bhutan. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Dungana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Dungana is the 773,729th most frequently held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. It is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Dungana reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 72 percent reside in Tibeto-South Asia.

It is most commonly occurring in Bhutan, where it is borne by 264 people, or 1 in 2,333. In Bhutan it is primarily concentrated in: Sarpang District, where 53 percent are found, Samtse District, where 23 percent are found and Tsirang District, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Bhutan Dungana occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dungana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dungana in the Hindi language
दुंगानाdungana66.67
दुन्गानाdun'gana33.33
Dungana in the Marathi language
डुंगानाdungana66.67
दुंगणाdungana33.33
Dungana in the Tibetan language
དྲུང་ག་ན།drunggana54.55
དུང་ག་ན།dunggana22.73
གྲུང་ག་ན།drunggana18.83
གདུང་ག་ན།dunggana1.95
དུྲང་ག་ན།drunggana0.65
དུང་ག་ནdunggana0.65
དྲུང་གཱ་ན།drunggana0.65

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Footnotes

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