Nugu Surname
Approximately 438 people bear this surname
Nugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 155 | 1:1,142,857 | 46,821 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86 | 1:94,811 | 12,690 |
| Malaysia | 80 | 1:368,678 | 19,491 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
The alternate forms: Nügü (28) are calculated separately.
Nugu (212) may also be a first name.
Nugu Demographics
Average Nugu Salary in
South Africa
R 47,472
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nugu (Marathi: नुगु, Oriya: ନୁଗୁ, Russian: Нугу) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Nügü. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nugu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 679,794th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,638,233 people. The surname Nugu occurs mostly in Africa, where 47 percent of Nugu reside; 35 percent reside in West Africa and 35 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nugu is also the 620,917th most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 212 people.
Nugu is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 77 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 5 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent are found and Malaysia, where 18 percent are found.
Nugu Last Name Statistics demography
Nugu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 80.02% less than the national average, earning R 47,472 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nungu | 89 | 7,666 | / |
| Nugud | 89 | 7,397 | / |
| Nuggu | 89 | 276 | / |
| Nugou | 89 | 149 | / |
| Ngugu | 89 | 119 | / |
| Nugus | 89 | 116 | / |
| Nugut | 89 | 62 | / |
| Naugu | 89 | 34 | / |
| Nougu | 89 | 17 | / |
| Nughu | 89 | 6 | / |
| Nugau | 89 | 1 | / |
| Nügü | 83 | 28 | / |
| Nnungu | 80 | 122 | / |
| Nunggu | 80 | 119 | / |
| Nougou | 80 | 115 | / |
| Ngughu | 80 | 95 | / |
| Nuingu | 80 | 41 | / |
| Neugut | 80 | 21 | / |
| Nuggud | 80 | 9 | / |
| Nuggut | 80 | 6 | / |
| Nuguss | 80 | 4 | / |
| Nugguu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nugush | 80 | 3 | / |
| Nugoud | 80 | 2 | / |
| Noungu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Neungu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Naungu | 80 | 2 | / |
| Neugou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nung'u | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nguggu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nughui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nnaugu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nguguh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nugusz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nugutt | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nungou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nunguh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Noughu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ngougu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neugus | 80 | 0 | / |
| Nogu | 75 | 700 | / |
| Nigu | 75 | 181 | / |
| Noungou | 73 | 684 | / |
| Noughou | 73 | 432 | / |
| Ngougou | 73 | 139 | / |
| Nouguhe | 73 | 43 | / |
| Neuguth | 73 | 27 | / |
| Gnougou | 73 | 16 | / |
| Nougheu | 73 | 11 | / |
| Nouhgou | 73 | 8 | / |
| Nougueu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Naugaus | 73 | 2 | / |
| Noung'u | 73 | 2 | / |
| Naugaud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neuhgus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nughuth | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nougoud | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neugueu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neugaus | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnogu | 67 | 17 | / |
| Niguh | 67 | 4 | / |
| Noggu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ngoughou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Gnougheu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ngnougou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngougouh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngougheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noungheu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noguu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niggu | 67 | 1 | / |
Nugu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nugu in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁଗୁ | nugu | - |
| Nugu in the Marathi language | ||
| नुगु | nugu | - |
| Nugu in the Russian language | ||
| Нугу | nugu | - |
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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 Nugu
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