View the most religious surnames in Kenya

Where Does The Last Name Changu Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Changu (Hindi: चंगू, Marathi: चांगू, Tibetan: ཆུང་གུ་) is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Changu? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 343,320^th most frequent surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 6,823,545 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Changu are found; 63 percent are found in East Africa and 63 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Changu is also the 124,855^th most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 3,285 people.

This last name is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 385 people, or 1 in 119,948. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kwale County, where 98 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 1 percent are found and Machakos County, where 0 percent are found. Not including Kenya this last name occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 25 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 11 percent are found.

Changu Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Muslim (88%) in Kenya.