A method, system, and recording medium for knowledge graph augmentation using data based on a statistical analysis of attributes in the data, including a ranking device configured to rank semantically similar input data elements to create a ranked list of attributes to augment an input of structured data and populate with a data string corresponding to the instances, where the ranking device further combines a set of filters to refine the ranked list of attributes, the set of filters including a first filter according to column ranges of columns, a second filter according to a column uniqueness of the columns, a third filter according to a type of data in a column of the columns, and a fourth filter according to a distribution of values in the columns.