Quitugua Surname

294,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,295 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guam
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Quitugua Surname User-submission:

Quitugua is a native Chamorro surname. Quitugua or originally Ketugua means 'to attempt' 'to knock down', or 'cut down'. Qui means 'attempting to' or 'tending towards'. The original word for qui is ke. Tugua means 'to fall', or 'fall down an object to the earth'.

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Quitugua 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
Guam5101:31438
United States5051:717,74056,514
Northern Mariana Islands2731:20041
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Panama11:3,912,25817,195

Quitugua Surname Meaning

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Quitugua is a native Chamorro surname. Quitugua or originally Ketugua means 'to attempt' 'to knock down', or 'cut down'. Qui means 'attempting to' or 'tending towards'. The original word for qui is ke. Tugua means 'to fall', or 'fall down an object to the earth'. So the word quitugua or ketugua means 'to attempt' or 'attempting to knock down' or 'cut down'.

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Quitugua Demographics

Average Quitugua Salary in
United States

$43,473 USD

Per year
Rank:
636,314 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.000131511
Rank: 59,961 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
100.75%
Sample size: 258 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Quitugua Last Name Facts

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

Quitugua is more commonly found in Guam than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Quitugua? popularity and diffusion

Quitugua is the 294,637th most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,627,449 people. The surname is mostly found in Oceania, where 62 percent of Quitugua live; 62 percent live in Oceania Islands and 60 percent live in Chamorro Oceania.

The surname is most frequent in Guam, where it is carried by 510 people, or 1 in 314. Beside Guam this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 39 percent reside and Northern Mariana Islands, where 21 percent reside.

Quitugua Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Quitugua last name are 42.51% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 95.74% registered with the party.

Quitugua earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.75% more than the national average, earning $43,473 USD per year.

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