Garuga Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Garuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Garuga (19) may also be a first name.
Garuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Garuga (Hindi: दरोगा) is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garuga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Garuga is the 2,776,799th most prevalent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Garuga reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 59 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Garuga is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used forename at a global level, held by 19 people.
It is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda Garuga is most prevalent in: Bushenyi District, where 24 percent reside, Isingiro District, where 16 percent reside and Ntungamo District, where 12 percent reside. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in India, where 12 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Garuga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Garuga in the Hindi language | ||
| दरोगा | daroga | 50 |
| गरूगा | garuga | 50 |
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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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- 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 Garuga
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