Uğur Surname

8,997th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 63,012 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Uğur Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Uğur Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey62,9021:1,237179
Northern Cyprus871:3,667611
United States101:36,245,893832,629
England21:27,859,030389,889
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Uğur (169,491) may also be a first name.

Uğur Last Name Facts

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

Uğur is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Uğur click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uğur? popularity and diffusion

Uğur is the 8,997th most commonly used last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 115,653 people. The last name Uğur occurs predominantly in Asia, where 88 percent of Uğur live; 88 percent live in West Asia and 88 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands. Uğur is also the 6,200th most frequently held forename world-wide. It is borne by 169,491 people.

It is most commonly held in Turkey, where it is held by 62,902 people, or 1 in 1,237. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent are found, Ankara Province, where 7 percent are found and Gaziantep Province, where 5 percent are found. Excluding Turkey it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Uğuur891/
Uyur751,216/
Ujur7550/
Uhur7514/
Uuur751/
Uiur751/
Ouur751/
Uuor751/
Uğurova7364/
Hujur6788/
Gujur6722/
Huyur6715/
Uyyur6711/
Uyure6711/
Uhaur676/
Huuor671/
Ujour671/
Ujhur671/
Hauur671/
Oujour60171/
Ujhaur6022/
Gujjur6011/
Gujurr6010/
Uyoure601/
Ouhour601/
Ouaure601/
Ougiour5524/
Uhurrhe5511/
Gouhour554/
Uyurova554/
Uhurová554/
Ujor502,013/
Oeur50319/
Uyor50305/
Auor506/
Ouor505/
Oour502/
Houhoure501/
Uior501/

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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 Uğur
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