Vurugu Surname
Approximately 466 people bear this surname
Vurugu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 461 | 1:114,841 | 11,032 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
Vurugu (11) may also be a first name.
Vurugu Demographics
Vurugu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Vurugu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vurugu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vurugu is found most in Tanzania. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vurugu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vurugu is the 649,026th most frequently held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Vurugu live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally, held by 11 people.
The surname is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 461 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Kigoma Region, where 39 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 33 percent live and Tanga Region, where 26 percent live. Other than Tanzania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 1 percent live.
Vurugu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burugu | 83 | 4,251 | / |
| Virugu | 83 | 92 | / |
| Vorugu | 83 | 13 | / |
| Furugu | 83 | 2 | / |
| Vourougou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Bhurugu | 77 | 205 | / |
| Burungu | 77 | 53 | / |
| Buurugu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Voorugu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Furungu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Buruugu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Burrugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burgugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Burugup | 77 | 1 | / |
| Buruguu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Borugu | 67 | 85 | / |
| Wourougou | 67 | 61 | / |
| Bourougou | 67 | 57 | / |
| Burrougus | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fourougou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Virigu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Bouroungou | 63 | 2 | / |
| Bourzougou | 63 | 1 | / |
| Boorugu | 62 | 3,730 | / |
| Bourogu | 62 | 1 | / |
| Bhoorugu | 57 | 7 | / |
| Borougou | 57 | 1 | / |
| Borrougou | 53 | 1 | / |
| Borogu | 50 | 46 | / |
| Worogu | 50 | 23 | / |
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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 Vurugu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis