Alungo Surname
Approximately 500 people bear this surname
Alungo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 489 | 1:79,835 | 8,563 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Alungo (18) may also be a first name.
Alungo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alungo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alungo is found most frequently in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alungo? popularity and diffusion
Alungo is the 616,129th most numerous surname on earth, held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Alungo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 88 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 18 people.
The surname Alungo is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 489 people, or 1 in 79,835. In Uganda Alungo is most common in: Kaberamaido District, where 26 percent are found, Amuria District, where 26 percent are found and Soroti District, where 26 percent are found. Other than Uganda this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Alungo
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