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
The last name Vurugu occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vurugu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 649,026th most common last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname Vurugu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Vurugu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 100 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 11 people.
This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 114,841. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Kigoma Region, where 39 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 33 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 26 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Vurugu exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Vurugu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Vurugu last name is primarily 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