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
The surname Garuga (Hindi: दरोगा) occurs most in Uganda. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garuga? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,776,799th most common last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 148,725,427 people. This last name occurs predominantly 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 held first name internationally It is held by 19 people.
The surname is most common in Uganda, where it is held by 25 people, or 1 in 1,561,571. In Uganda it is mostly concentrated in: Bushenyi District, where 24 percent live, Isingiro District, where 16 percent live and Ntungamo District, where 12 percent live. Apart from Uganda it exists in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.
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
- 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 Garuga
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