Kurugu Surname

1,795,579th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Kurugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kurugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Papua New Guinea161:509,60763,542
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Kurugu (45) may also be a first name.

Kurugu Last Name Facts

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

Kurugu (Marathi: कूरूगू) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kurugu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently used family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. The last name Kurugu occurs mostly in Africa, where 70 percent of Kurugu are found; 68 percent are found in West Africa and 68 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurugu is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 45 people.

The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Yobe, where 70 percent are found, Borno, where 17 percent are found and Benue, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kurungu92275/
Kurugud921/
Kurugaud864/
Kurunggu864/
Kirugu83464/
Korugu8367/
Kurigu8333/
Kurogu8312/
Kourougou80137/
Kurugaupp801/
Kiruguh771/
Kuroogu771/
Kouroungou7550/
Kourzougou751/
Korougou7113/
Kirigu67211/
Korogu675/
Kurigau621/
Kiriggu621/
Kourigou572/
Kourogou571/

Kurugu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kurugu in the Marathi language
कूरूगूkurugu-

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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 Kurugu
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