Apungu Surname

1,736,881st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 111 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Apungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Apungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya721:641,38829,005
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742

Apungu Last Name Facts

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

Apungu occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Apungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,736,881st most frequently held last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 65,653,567 people. The last name Apungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Apungu are found; 67 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Apungu is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 641,388. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Bungoma County, where 89 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 6 percent are found and Kisumu County, where 1 percent are found. Beside Kenya it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.

Apungu Last Name Statistics demography

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

Apungu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 67.22% less than the national average, earning $14,143 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gapungu921/
Apuungu921/
Hapungu921/
Apunu9192/
Apugu9141/
Opungu83200/
Aphunu83103/
Epungu8327/
Appunu8313/
Apongu838/
Apugau832/
Apounou7718/
Haupunu775/
Hapunau771/
Apongou771/
Opungou771/
Opugu7377/
Apogu7329/
Opunu7320/
Opoungou7183/
Appugaud711/
Gapounou711/
Gaupounu711/
Opunui6755/
Appogu6711/
Aphogu678/
Ospugu671/
Gopunou621/
Opounou621/
Opogu5531/
Aponu551/
Aponou507/

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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 Apungu
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