Farugu Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Farugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Farugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania91:5,882,40160,754
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Farugu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Farugu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Farugu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. Farugu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Farugu live; 67 percent live in East Africa and 67 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 5,882,401. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 33 percent live and Uganda, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Farougou8611/
Farigu83910/
Varugu83301/
Faroughou801/
Vaarugu771/
Faroogu771/
Verugu6726/
Vorugu6713/
Fourougou672/
Varigu671/
Ferigu671/
Voorugu623/
Veerugu621/
Vourougou531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Farugu
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