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 or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Turugă. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Turuga? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 654,010th most commonly held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 15,808,126 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Turuga are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 90 percent are found in Cushitic Africa.
Turuga is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 426 people, or 1 in 108,404. In Kenya Turuga is mostly concentrated in: Marsabit County, where 97 percent are found, Kiambu County, where 2 percent are found and Meru County, where 0 percent are found. Outside of 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 devotion of those bearing the surname 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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