Achungo Surname

219,780th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,860 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Achungo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Achungo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,8331:25,1942,835
Uganda221:1,774,51360,490
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England21:27,859,030389,889

Achungo (238) may also be a first name.

Achungo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Achungo is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Achungo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 219,780th most frequent family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,918,035 people. The surname Achungo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Achungo are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 54 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Achungo is also the 580,229th most commonly occurring first name on earth It is held by 238 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 1,833 people, or 1 in 25,194. In Kenya Achungo is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 38 percent live, Kakamega County, where 28 percent live and Nairobi County, where 17 percent live. Beside Kenya it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Achungo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Achungo last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Achungo
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