Urungu Surname
Approximately 139 people bear this surname
Urungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 75 | 1:705,888 | 40,428 |
| Turkey | 45 | 1:1,729,365 | 63,766 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Urungu (20) may also be a first name.
Urungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Urungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Urungu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Urungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Urungu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,504,764th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 52,428,388 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 54 percent of Urungu live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 20 people.
The last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 705,888. In Tanzania Urungu is mostly concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 84 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 12 percent reside and Kilimanjaro Region, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Tanzania this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Turkey, where 32 percent reside and Belgium, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurungu | 92 | 28 | / |
| Hurungu | 92 | 13 | / |
| Urugu | 91 | 39 | / |
| Urunu | 91 | 15 | / |
| Irungu | 83 | 75,604 | / |
| Gurugu | 83 | 504 | / |
| Urughu | 83 | 348 | / |
| Orungu | 83 | 87 | / |
| Gurunu | 83 | 15 | / |
| Hurugu | 83 | 6 | / |
| Urugau | 83 | 4 | / |
| Eurugu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aurugu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hurunui | 77 | 61 | / |
| Orhungu | 77 | 58 | / |
| Irunghu | 77 | 12 | / |
| Orzungu | 77 | 7 | / |
| Urugaud | 77 | 4 | / |
| Urhughu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Jirungu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gurunau | 77 | 2 | / |
| Irunngu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gaurugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Guruggu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irunguu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oroungu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Irung'u | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gouroungou | 75 | 57 | / |
| Ouroungous | 75 | 2 | / |
| Orugu | 73 | 348 | / |
| Orunu | 73 | 27 | / |
| Urogu | 73 | 17 | / |
| Hourugou | 71 | 69 | / |
| Ourougou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Orongu | 67 | 52 | / |
| Urhogu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Orughu | 67 | 23 | / |
| Gourougou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Hourounou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Orhunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hourougou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Orunnu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Uroguu | 67 | 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 Urungu
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