Argungu Surname
Approximately 201 people bear this surname
Argungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Argungu (293) may also be a first name.
Argungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Argungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Argungu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Argungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Argungu is the 1,181,191st most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 36,256,447 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Argungu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Argungu is also the 515,650th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 293 people.
Argungu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 193 people, or 1 in 917,838. In Nigeria Argungu is primarily found in: Kebbi, where 44 percent are found, Sokoto, where 17 percent are found and Kaduna, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria Argungu is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arungu | 92 | 54 | / |
| Argoungou | 88 | 6 | / |
| Arunguh | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arungud | 86 | 1 | / |
| Arunu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Hairungu | 80 | 50 | / |
| Arungoud | 80 | 1 | / |
| Harunu | 77 | 373 | / |
| Orungu | 77 | 87 | / |
| Garunu | 77 | 16 | / |
| Airunu | 77 | 6 | / |
| Aruinu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Arounu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Orgugu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Arhunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Areunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aroungous | 75 | 9 | / |
| Gargougou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Orhungu | 71 | 58 | / |
| Orzungu | 71 | 7 | / |
| Harunau | 71 | 5 | / |
| Aroungouss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Haruunu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Arunnut | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oroungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Areunau | 71 | 0 | / |
| Orunu | 67 | 27 | / |
| Orhunguu | 67 | 9 | / |
| Harounou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Harzunau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Arunautt | 67 | 0 | / |
| Areunnau | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Argungu
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