Terunga Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Terunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Terunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784

Terunga (56) may also be a first name.

Terunga Last Name Facts

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

The last name Terunga is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Terunga? popularity and diffusion

Terunga is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Terunga occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Terunga live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Terunga is also the 1,321,957th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 56 people.

The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 8 percent reside.

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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 Terunga
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