Omuruga Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
Omuruga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 92 | 1:424,340 | 25,938 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Omuruga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Omuruga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Omuruga occurs most in Uganda. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Omuruga? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,882,912th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Omuruga are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
Omuruga is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 424,340. In Uganda Omuruga is most common in: Tororo District, where 83 percent live, Mayuge District, where 8 percent live and Bugiri District, where 7 percent live. Besides Uganda this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omurunga | 93 | 1,119 | / |
| Omurung'a | 88 | 1 | / |
| Omoruga | 86 | 4 | / |
| Amurugau | 80 | 28 | / |
| Omurungi | 80 | 21 | / |
| Amurunga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amurugat | 80 | 1 | / |
| Homurungi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Omoroga | 71 | 208 | / |
| Omorugi | 71 | 20 | / |
| Omiriga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Umurungi | 67 | 9,966 | / |
| Omorugie | 67 | 25 | / |
| Amurungi | 67 | 10 | / |
| Omorogha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omorugho | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omorughi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Omorughe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamurungi | 63 | 344 | / |
| Humurungi | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ahamurungi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Haamurungi | 59 | 1 | / |
| Omoroge | 57 | 47 | / |
| Amiriga | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omorogo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Omorogie | 53 | 1,121 | / |
| Emurigho | 53 | 29 | / |
| Amirigau | 53 | 17 | / |
| Omorogho | 53 | 14 | / |
| Omoroghe | 53 | 9 | / |
| Oimorogie | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Omuruga
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis