Wough Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Wough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Wough Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India101:76,706,538639,611
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England201:1,218,76844,985
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States251:2,008,747100,426

Wough Last Name Facts

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

Wough is borne by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Wough click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wough? popularity and diffusion

The surname Wough is the 4,772,636th most frequently used surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 59 percent of Wough live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia.

The surname Wough is most frequently occurring in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is mostly found in: Maharashtra, where 100 percent live. Excluding India it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Wough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Wough has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Wough surname declined 88 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Wough Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wogh8958/
Woug894/
Wugh892/
Waugh8032,520/
Bough802,710/
Vough80240/
Woogh8016/
Wougk807/
Weugh805/
Whugh803/
Wogth802/
Wuagh802/
Wuegh801/
Wog75112/
Wug7532/
Uhough7313/
Wayugh731/
Whaugh731/
Wagh6748,023/
Bugh67977/
Boug67929/
Bogh67797/
Woog67679/
Wouk67369/
Vogh67105/
Weug6784/
Wugk6781/
Wogg6777/
Wogt6759/
Wogksch6750/
Woigsch6712/
Waug6711/
Uogh6710/
Wukh676/
Wuhk674/
Woqu674/
Wohg674/
Voug674/
Wuxh674/
Wuig673/
Wohq672/
Wgog672/
Wgug672/
Wuag671/
Wajoukh671/
Wokg671/
Wogp671/
Vugh671/
Wusg671/
Wugs671/
Wuog671/
Wayhugh671/
Wuhc671/
Wuhg671/
Wujg671/
Woeg671/
Wohk671/
Wwug671/
Wwog671/
Wuqg671/

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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 Wough
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