Urugu Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Urugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Urugu Demographics
Urugu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Urugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Urugu occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Urugu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,141,416th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 186,860,152 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Urugu live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 51 percent reside, Ebonyi, where 41 percent reside and Bauchi, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside and Togo, where 3 percent reside.
Urugu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Urugu last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurugu | 91 | 504 | / |
| Urughu | 91 | 348 | / |
| Urungu | 91 | 139 | / |
| Hurugu | 91 | 6 | / |
| Urugau | 91 | 4 | / |
| Eurugu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Aurugu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Hurungu | 83 | 13 | / |
| Urugaud | 83 | 4 | / |
| Urhughu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Guruggu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Gaurugu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Irugu | 80 | 3,602 | / |
| Orugu | 80 | 348 | / |
| Urigu | 80 | 66 | / |
| Urogu | 80 | 17 | / |
| Hourugou | 77 | 69 | / |
| Ourougou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Urhogu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Jirugu | 73 | 25 | / |
| Orughu | 73 | 23 | / |
| Hirugu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ierugu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Aurigu | 73 | 3 | / |
| Irougu | 73 | 2 | / |
| Orzugu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Uroguu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Iruugu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Irughu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Orhugu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gourougou | 71 | 4 | / |
| Hourougou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ouroughouss | 63 | 1 | / |
| Orogu | 60 | 571 | / |
| Irigu | 60 | 5 | / |
| Horogu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Orhogu | 55 | 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 Urugu
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