Rugaja Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Rugaja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 59 | 1:34,747 | 5,303 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
Rugaja (13) may also be a first name.
Rugaja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rugaja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rugaja is most common in Latvia. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Rugaja? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,460,878th most frequent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 119,467,966 people. The surname Rugaja is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Rugaja reside; 98 percent reside in Northern Europe and 97 percent reside in Baltic Europe. Rugaja is also the 3,159,357th most common first name on earth It is held by 13 people.
The last name Rugaja is most widely held in Latvia, where it is carried by 59 people, or 1 in 34,747. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 88 percent live, Vidzeme, where 5 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 3 percent live. Outside of Latvia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Luxembourg, 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 Rugaja
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