Mugugu Surname

379,617th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 940 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Mugugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mugugu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8131:18,9892,818
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Uganda241:1,626,63757,482
England71:7,959,723202,100
Kenya71:6,597,12951,431
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259

Mugugu (46) may also be a first name.

Mugugu Last Name Facts

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

Mugugu occurs most in Zimbabwe. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mugugu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 379,617th most frequently occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 7,752,708 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Mugugu reside; 87 percent reside in Southern Africa and 87 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,484,914th most frequently used first name globally. It is borne by 46 people.

The surname is most numerous in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 813 people, or 1 in 18,989. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland West Province, where 32 percent reside, Harare Province, where 27 percent reside and Mashonaland Central Province, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mugungu92136/
Mungungu86766/
Mughughu861/
Mogugu834/
Migugu831/
Mugogu831/
Mougougou801/
Moungoungou7112/
Mugogou621/
Mokgaukgau505/

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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 Mugugu
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