Kurugu Surname
Approximately 105 people bear this surname
Kurugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 66 | 1:2,683,981 | 86,518 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
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
The last name Kurugu (Marathi: कूरूगू) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kurugu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,795,579th most frequently held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 69,405,199 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Kurugu live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Kurugu is also the 1,504,468th most prevalent first name throughout the world. It is borne by 45 people.
This last name is most commonly used 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 it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and India, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kurugu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kurugu in the Marathi language | ||
| कूरूगू | kurugu | - |
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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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