Turungu Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

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

Turungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Turungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea31:2,717,906153,458
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Turungu (6) may also be a first name.

Turungu Last Name Facts

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

Turungu is most common in Papua New Guinea. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Turungu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Turungu is the 8,968,613th most frequent family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname Turungu is mostly found in Oceania, where 75 percent of Turungu reside; 75 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 75 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 6 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 2,717,906. In Papua New Guinea Turungu is most numerous in: National Capital District, where 100 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Turugu92105/
Turunu923/
Thurugu8613/
Tureugu861/
Turongau802/
Turongou801/
Torugu7727/
Tourougou75172/
Tourounou751/
Thorugu713/
Torogu627/
Torzugu574/
Torrogu571/

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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 Turungu
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