Amugongo Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Namibia

Amugongo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amugongo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2451:188,48914,045
Namibia1701:14,1732,619

Amugongo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amugongo is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Amugongo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 707,442nd most frequently held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 17,560,352 people. Amugongo is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amugongo reside; 59 percent reside in East Africa and 41 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Amugongo is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 245 people, or 1 in 188,489. In Kenya Amugongo is mostly concentrated in: Vihiga County, where 61 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 35 percent reside and Bungoma County, where 2 percent reside. Other than Kenya this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Namibia, where 41 percent reside.

Amugongo Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amugogo933/
Hamungongo891/
Omugongo882/
Amugogot881/
Omugogo8050/
Omugogot7537/
Amugaga672/
Hamugano631/
Omogona5329/
Omugano539/
Omugana537/
Omugaga533/
Amogaga531/
Omogonah506/
Omogunga501/

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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 Amugongo
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