Chilungo Surname
Approximately 854 people bear this surname
Chilungo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 430 | 1:123,120 | 11,660 |
| Malawi | 392 | 1:43,671 | 6,239 |
| Zambia | 18 | 1:880,551 | 28,935 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chilungo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilungo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chilungo is most common in Tanzania. It can appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Chilungo.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilungo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 409,211th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,533,426 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chilungo live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname Chilungo is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 430 people, or 1 in 123,120. In Tanzania it is most common in: Lindi Region, where 48 percent are found, Mtwara Region, where 38 percent are found and Tanga Region, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Chilungo is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 46 percent are found and Zambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Chilungo
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