Dungana Surname
Approximately 367 people bear this surname
Dungana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan | 264 | 1:2,333 | 170 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Dungana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dungana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Dungana (Hindi: दुंगाना, Marathi: डुंगाना, Tibetan: དྲུང་ག་ན།) occurs most in Bhutan. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Dungana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Dungana is the 773,729th most commonly used family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 19,857,073 people. Dungana occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Dungana live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 72 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia.
This surname is most widely held in Bhutan, where it is carried by 264 people, or 1 in 2,333. In Bhutan Dungana is most numerous in: Sarpang District, where 53 percent are found, Samtse District, where 23 percent are found and Tsirang District, where 17 percent are found. Beside Bhutan Dungana exists in 6 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dungana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dungana in the Hindi language | ||
| दुंगाना | dungana | 66.67 |
| दुन्गाना | dun'gana | 33.33 |
| Dungana in the Marathi language | ||
| डुंगाना | dungana | 66.67 |
| दुंगणा | dungana | 33.33 |
| Dungana in the Tibetan language | ||
| དྲུང་ག་ན། | drunggana | 54.55 |
| དུང་ག་ན། | dunggana | 22.73 |
| གྲུང་ག་ན། | drunggana | 18.83 |
| གདུང་ག་ན། | dunggana | 1.95 |
| དུྲང་ག་ན། | drunggana | 0.65 |
| དུང་ག་ན | dunggana | 0.65 |
| དྲུང་གཱ་ན། | drunggana | 0.65 |
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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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- 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 Dungana
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