Mitugo Surname

837,371st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 329 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Mitugo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mitugo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3241:142,53111,485
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Mitugo (70) may also be a first name.

Mitugo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mitugo is found most in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mitugo? popularity and diffusion

Mitugo is the 837,371st most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 22,150,595 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Mitugo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 98 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 70 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 324 people, or 1 in 142,531. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 75 percent are found, Meru County, where 22 percent are found and Nyandarua County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Brazil, where 1 percent are found and Sudan, where 0 percent are found.

Mitugo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mitugo surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mitungo9277/
Mitogo839,324/
Mitigo83207/
Mituga83134/
Mutugo835/
Metugo833/
Mitunga7726/
Mutaugo7712/
Metugoi774/
Mitogho774/
Mitugha771/
Metungo771/
Maituga771/
Maitogo771/
Maitoungou751/
Metougou71172/
M'Mituga7134/
Maitunga712/
M'Itunga711/
Metuegho711/
Maitauga711/
Metogo671,309/
Mutuga67143/
Maitounga6744/
Mutigo6715/
Mitiga676/
Mitoga675/
Metigo672/
Metoungou671/

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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 Mitugo
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