Ugyen Surname

1,849,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 100 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bhutan
Highest density in:
Bhutan

Ugyen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ugyen Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bhutan741:8,325327
Nigeria191:9,323,303191,560
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Ugyen (21,460) may also be a first name.

Ugyen Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ugyen occurs most in Bhutan. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ugyen? popularity and diffusion

Ugyen is the 1,849,867th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 72,875,459 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 81 percent of Ugyen live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Tibeto-South Asia. Ugyen is also the 35,874th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 21,460 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Bhutan, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 8,325. In Bhutan Ugyen is mostly found in: Thimphu District, where 42 percent live, Wangdue Phodrang District, where 9 percent live and Samdrup Jongkhar District, where 8 percent live. Excluding Bhutan this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and Malaysia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ugyn891/
Agyen803,571/
Ugyan80137/
Eugyn802/
Augyn801/
Ugyun801/
Agyena73426/
Agyeno7356/
Agyeni735/
Eugyne735/
Agyenah677/
Ugyanei672/
Agyeyan671/
Ugyaine671/
Ugyuane671/
Agyn671/
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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 Ugyen
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