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

The last name Uğur is found in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Uğur? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,997th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 115,653 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 88 percent of Uğur reside; 88 percent reside in West Asia and 88 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 6,200th most frequent given name globally It is held by 169,491 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 62,902 people, or 1 in 1,237. In Turkey Uğur is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Ankara Province, where 7 percent reside and Gaziantep Province, where 5 percent reside. Apart from Turkey it occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Northern Cyprus, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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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