Akungu Surname
Approximately 552 people bear this surname
Akungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 399 | 1:115,739 | 9,794 |
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Akungu (74) may also be a first name.
Akungu Demographics
Akungu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akungu is found most frequently in Kenya. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akungu is the 571,325th most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 13,202,076 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akungu live; 75 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Akungu is also the 1,125,792nd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 74 people.
The last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 399 people, or 1 in 115,739. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Nairobi County, where 20 percent are found, Siaya County, where 19 percent are found and Homa Bay County, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Kenya it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Akungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akungu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akhungu | 92 | 513 | / |
| Gakungu | 92 | 178 | / |
| Hakungu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akunu | 91 | 838 | / |
| Akugu | 91 | 12 | / |
| Hakaungu | 86 | 21 | / |
| Gakung'u | 86 | 9 | / |
| Akoungou | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akusingu | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okungu | 83 | 2,399 | / |
| Acungu | 83 | 360 | / |
| Ekungu | 83 | 315 | / |
| Akunut | 83 | 170 | / |
| Akaunu | 83 | 63 | / |
| Akongu | 83 | 30 | / |
| Aykunu | 83 | 29 | / |
| Gakunu | 83 | 18 | / |
| Akugau | 83 | 14 | / |
| Aukunu | 83 | 7 | / |
| Aakunu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Akhunu | 83 | 4 | / |
| Akougu | 83 | 3 | / |
| Akuguh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akughu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Hakunu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akounou | 77 | 531 | / |
| Akougou | 77 | 39 | / |
| Okhungu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akongou | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gacungu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akhunui | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akogu | 73 | 894 | / |
| Okunu | 73 | 401 | / |
| Acunu | 73 | 71 | / |
| Okugu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Akounnou | 71 | 26 | / |
| Okoungou | 71 | 20 | / |
| Akhuighu | 71 | 14 | / |
| Hakounou | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akougnou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okusengu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okunnu | 67 | 614 | / |
| Hokugu | 67 | 229 | / |
| Okongu | 67 | 170 | / |
| Gacugu | 67 | 50 | / |
| Okughu | 67 | 30 | / |
| Okhunu | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ecungu | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ocungu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okeugu | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ockoungou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okunuu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okuunu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okounu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Haikounou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akoogu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okaunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Odkunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oskunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okunus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gacunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okunou | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Akungu
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