Urughu Surname
Approximately 348 people bear this surname
Urughu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 333 | 1:158,984 | 14,244 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Urughu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urughu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Urughu is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Urughu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 804,502nd most frequently occurring family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 20,941,224 people. The surname Urughu is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Urughu are found; 96 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Urughu is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 333 people, or 1 in 158,984. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Singida Region, where 98 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 1 percent reside and Dodoma Region, where 0 percent reside. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urhughu | 92 | 3 | / |
| Urugu | 91 | 39 | / |
| Gurugu | 83 | 504 | / |
| Urungu | 83 | 139 | / |
| Orughu | 83 | 23 | / |
| Hurugu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Eurugu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Urugau | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aurugu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irughu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hurungu | 77 | 13 | / |
| Urugaud | 77 | 4 | / |
| Guruggu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaurugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irugu | 73 | 3,602 | / |
| Orugu | 73 | 348 | / |
| Hourugou | 71 | 69 | / |
| Ourougou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ouroughouss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jirugu | 67 | 25 | / |
| Hirugu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Gourougou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ierugu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Irougu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Oroghu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hourougou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orhugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orzugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uroguu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Iruugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Urigu | 55 | 66 | / |
| Urogu | 55 | 17 | / |
| Urhogu | 50 | 27 | / |
| Aurigu | 50 | 3 | / |
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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 Urughu
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