Turuga Surname
Approximately 461 people bear this surname
Turuga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 426 | 1:108,404 | 9,309 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Turugă (34) are calculated separately.
Turuga Demographics
Turuga Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Turuga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Turuga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Turuga occurs in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Turugă. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Turuga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Turuga is the 654,010th most commonly held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Turuga reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Cushitic Africa.
It is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 426 people, or 1 in 108,404. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Marsabit County, where 97 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 2 percent are found and Meru County, where 0 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 4 percent are found and Uganda, where 3 percent are found.
Turuga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (83%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turugă | 94 | 34 | / |
| Turunga | 92 | 16 | / |
| Thuruga | 92 | 5 | / |
| Turugay | 92 | 4 | / |
| Tourouga | 86 | 3 | / |
| Teurunga | 86 | 1 | / |
| Toruga | 83 | 192 | / |
| Turiga | 83 | 129 | / |
| Turugo | 83 | 42 | / |
| Turuge | 83 | 6 | / |
| Turugi | 83 | 4 | / |
| Turoga | 83 | 2 | / |
| Tiruga | 83 | 1 | / |
| Tourounga | 80 | 3 | / |
| Turunggay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Tourzouga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Turungi | 77 | 178 | / |
| Tauroga | 77 | 12 | / |
| Turunge | 77 | 5 | / |
| Thuruge | 77 | 2 | / |
| Turugye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Torugai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Turaugi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Turugop | 77 | 1 | / |
| Turuguet | 71 | 62 | / |
| Tourigha | 71 | 1 | / |
| Tourougui | 67 | 1,097 | / |
| Tourougou | 67 | 172 | / |
| Turogi | 67 | 48 | / |
| Toroga | 67 | 19 | / |
| Tiriga | 67 | 7 | / |
| Turigă | 67 | 4 | / |
| Turogo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Toruge | 67 | 1 | / |
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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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