Rugah Surname
Approximately 120 people bear this surname
Rugah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 116 | 1:1,527,093 | 57,948 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
Rugah (27) may also be a first name.
Rugah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rugah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Rugah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Rugah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Rugah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Rugah is the 1,658,108th most widely held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 60,729,549 people. The last name Rugah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Rugah reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rugah is also the 2,036,353rd most numerous first name globally It is held by 27 people.
The last name Rugah is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,527,093. In Nigeria Rugah is most prevalent in: Kaduna, where 49 percent live, Niger, where 23 percent live and Borno, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 2 percent live and Malaysia, where 2 percent live.
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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 Rugah
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