Mug Surname

544,808th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 588 people bear this surname

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

Mug Surname Definition:

From Mogg, a nickname for Margaret.

Mug Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Pakistan3551:503,2228,670
India1101:6,973,322154,831
Kenya441:1,049,54334,647
Papua New Guinea291:281,16338,188
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Afghanistan61:5,358,86425,178
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Mug (1,096) may also be a first name.

Mug Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From Mogg, a nickname for Margaret.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Mug Last Name Facts

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

The last name Mug (Hindi: मूग, Marathi: मूग, Oriya: ମୁଗ, Russian: Муг) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Mug? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 544,808th most numerous family name internationally, held by around 1 in 12,393,786 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Mug reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 61 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 241,052nd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 1,096 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Pakistan, where it is borne by 355 people, or 1 in 503,222. In Pakistan Mug is most common in: Punjab, where 57 percent live, Sindh, where 26 percent live and Azad Jammu and Kashmir, where 12 percent live. Besides Pakistan Mug occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent live and Kenya, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mugh861,572/
Moug86641/
Mugg86526/
Maug86340/
Muug8620/
Muig865/
Mugs865/
Muhg863/
Meug862/
Hmug861/
Mucg861/
Mugx861/
Musg861/
Mmug861/
Mhug861/
Muigg75660/
Mough75654/
Maugg75151/
Maugh75138/
Mugås7536/
Mugue7533/
Muggs7519/
Mahug759/
Musgh759/
Mugke758/
Mgugh756/
Mushg752/
Muigz752/
Muugh751/
Mugsh751/
Mugch751/
Muqgh751/
Mhgug751/
Muscg751/
Mhaug751/
Mhugh750/
Muigs750/
Meugh750/
Mog6712,467/
Muc674,657/
Mux672,095/
Muk672,094/
Mugowa67604/
Maugue67322/
Mougue67206/
Mmough6767/
Meugue6717/
Muq6711/
Muschg679/
Mhuugh671/
Mgough671/
Musgue671/

Mug Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mug in the Oriya language
ମୁଗmuga96.72
ମୂଗmuga2.94
Mug in the Marathi language
मूगmuga77.12
मुगmuga22.88
Mug in the Hindi language
मूगmuga64.52
मुगmuga35.48
Mug in the Russian language
Мугmug-

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