Priguza Surname

1,551,568th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 133 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Moldova
Highest density in:
Moldova

Priguza Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Priguza Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Moldova961:37,0985,718
Russia261:5,543,194237,148
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Priguza Last Name Facts

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

Priguza (Russian: Пригуза) occurs in Moldova more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Priguza.

How Common Is The Last Name Priguza? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,551,568th most widespread surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Priguza are found; 98 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 72 percent are found in Romanian Europe.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Moldova, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 37,098. In Moldova it is primarily concentrated in: Strășeni District, where 60 percent live, Chișinău Municipality, where 32 percent live and Călărași District, where 6 percent live. Besides Moldova this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 20 percent live and Belarus, where 7 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Preguza86476/
Prigozha807/
Prigozy7110/
Preguca711/
Prigozhy6769/
Pregusia671/
Prigozhiy63206/
Prigozhyy631/
Pruguso574/
Pregosa571/
Prygozy571/
Prygoża571/
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Priguza Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Priguza in the Russian language
Пригузаpriguza-

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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 Priguza
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