Dungay Surname
Approximately 286 people bear this surname
Dungay Surname Definition:
From dun-ke, the hill enclosed by a hedge or fence; or dun-kea, the hedge enclosure. Tungay may be the same name.
Dungay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 158 | 1:640,748 | 67,692 |
| England | 94 | 1:592,745 | 35,632 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 64 | 1:380,865 | 23,394 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Duñgay (1) are calculated separately.
Dungay (37) may also be a first name.
Dungay Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
From dun-ke, the hill enclosed by a hedge or fence; or dun-kea, the hedge enclosure. Tungay may be the same name.
Dungay Demographics
Average Dungay Salary in
United States
$41,021 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Dungay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Dungay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Dungay (Tibetan: གདུང་རྒྱས་) is found in The Philippines more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Duñgay. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Dungay? popularity and diffusion
Dungay is the 924,083rd most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 25,480,930 people. Dungay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 56 percent of Dungay are found; 56 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 51 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia. Dungay is also the 1,688,769th most common first name throughout the world, held by 37 people.
This last name is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 640,748. In The Philippines Dungay is mostly found in: Zamboanga Peninsula, where 44 percent reside, Northern Mindanao, where 22 percent reside and Central Visayas, where 20 percent reside. Beside The Philippines Dungay occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in England, where 33 percent reside and Estonia, where 4 percent reside.
Dungay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Dungay has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Dungay last name increased 147 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Dungay Last Name Statistics demography
Dungay earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 4.93% less than the national average, earning $41,021 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Dungay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Dungay in the Tibetan language | ||
| གདུང་རྒྱས་ | dunggyé | 50 |
| གདུང་རྒྱས། | dunggyé | 25 |
| གདུང་རྒྱལ། | dunggyal | 6.25 |
| དྲུང་རྒྱས་ | drunggyé | 6.25 |
| གདུང་རྒྱལ་ | dunggyal | 6.25 |
| དུང་རྒྱས་ | dunggyé | 6.25 |
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Footnotes
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