Turuga Surname

654,010th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 461 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Turuga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turuga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya4261:108,4049,309
India171:45,121,493474,784
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Turugă (34) are calculated separately.

Turuga Last Name Facts

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

Turuga is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Turugă. For other potential spellings of Turuga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turuga? popularity and diffusion

Turuga is the 654,010th most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,808,126 people. The last name Turuga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Turuga are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.

The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 426 people, or 1 in 108,404. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Marsabit County, where 97 percent live, Kiambu County, where 2 percent live and Meru County, where 0 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 3 percent live.

Turuga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (83%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turugă9434/
Turunga9216/
Thuruga925/
Turugay924/
Tourouga863/
Teurunga861/
Toruga83192/
Turiga83129/
Turugo8342/
Turuge836/
Turugi834/
Turoga832/
Tiruga831/
Tourounga803/
Turunggay801/
Tourzouga801/
Turungi77178/
Tauroga7712/
Turunge775/
Thuruge772/
Turugye771/
Torugai771/
Turaugi771/
Turugop771/
Turuguet7162/
Tourigha711/
Tourougui671,097/
Tourougou67172/
Turogi6748/
Toroga6719/
Tiriga677/
Turigă674/
Turogo671/
Toruge671/

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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 Turuga
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