Byamungu Surname

9,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 56,469 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Byamungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Byamungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo47,0721:1,570150
Rwanda5,5811:2,036486
Tanzania2,4231:21,8502,715
Uganda1,2741:30,6434,162
Burundi361:272,357409
Denmark111:513,15632,022
England101:5,571,806158,774
Congo91:554,34412,633
Tunisia91:67,8478,246
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Kenya51:9,235,98055,978
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Byamungu (12,398) may also be a first name.

Byamungu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Byamungu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Byamungu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 9,963rd most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 129,054 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Byamungu live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 83 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 52,990th most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 12,398 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 47,072 people, or 1 in 1,570. Outside of The DR Congo this last name exists in 25 countries. It also occurs in Rwanda, where 10 percent reside and Tanzania, where 4 percent reside.

Byamungu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Byamungu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Byamuungu9422/
Byaamungu941/
Byamunggu941/
Byamugu9336/
Byamunu931/
Baayamungu891/
Biamungu88861/
Vyamungu8896/
Byamugnu881/
Byamuugu881/
Byamuhgu881/
Biamunu8021/
Biamugu801/
Biamumgu751/
Biamounou713/
Biamongou711/
Biomounou596/

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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 Byamungu
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