Tuğ Surname

99,369th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,764 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Tuğ Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tuğ Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey4,7581:16,3561,995
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Northern Cyprus11:319,01110,202
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Tuğ Last Name Facts

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

The surname Tuğ occurs more in Turkey more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Tuğ? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 99,369th most widely held last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 1,529,712 people. The surname Tuğ is primarily found in Asia, where 91 percent of Tuğ reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 91 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Tuğ is most prevalent in Turkey, where it is borne by 4,758 people, or 1 in 16,356. In Turkey Tuğ is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Antalya Province, where 9 percent reside and Ankara Province, where 6 percent reside. Besides Turkey Tuğ occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tuğt8613/
Tu801,573,859/
Thu67340,821/
Tut67192,811/
Tau6748,900/
Tuy6737,508/
Tuz6726,013/
Tou6720,463/
Tui678,159/
Tux676,203/
Ttu673,645/
Htu673,564/
Tuj673,182/
Teu672,429/
Tuç672,169/
Tud671,870/
Tus671,550/
Tuu67876/
Tuş67538/
Tup67538/
Tuh67510/
Toğ67371/
Dtu6735/
Tgu6711/
T'U671/
Tuß671/
Tuá671/
Tuÿ671/

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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 Tuğ
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