Chilungu Surname
Approximately 946 people bear this surname
Chilungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 461 | 1:34,382 | 3,480 |
| Tanzania | 212 | 1:249,725 | 20,187 |
| Malawi | 183 | 1:93,547 | 11,397 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| United States | 19 | 1:19,076,786 | 604,894 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Chilungu (128) may also be a first name.
Chilungu Demographics
Average Chilungu Salary in
United States
$39,089 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Chilungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chilungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chilungu is found most in Zambia. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chilungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 377,677th most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,703,537 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Chilungu reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 821,896th most commonly used first name internationally It is held by 128 people.
The last name is most numerous in Zambia, where it is borne by 461 people, or 1 in 34,382. In Zambia Chilungu is mostly found in: Copperbelt Province, where 31 percent reside, Luapula Province, where 23 percent reside and Lusaka Province, where 18 percent reside. Besides Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 22 percent reside and Malawi, where 19 percent reside.
Chilungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (75%) in Kenya.
Chilungu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.41% less than the national average, earning $39,089 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chilugu | 93 | 6 | / |
| Cilungu | 93 | 4 | / |
| Shilungu | 88 | 584 | / |
| Chilongu | 88 | 244 | / |
| Chulungu | 88 | 13 | / |
| Tshilungu | 82 | 365 | / |
| Chilong'u | 82 | 2 | / |
| Chelungus | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shillungu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Kilungu | 80 | 2,734 | / |
| Jilungu | 80 | 335 | / |
| Silungu | 80 | 284 | / |
| Gilungu | 80 | 21 | / |
| Cilongu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Khilugu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chelugu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kiliungu | 75 | 333 | / |
| Kilyungu | 75 | 95 | / |
| Sihlungu | 75 | 13 | / |
| Shelungu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Sailungu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Chelugut | 75 | 2 | / |
| Zihlungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jilugu | 71 | 605 | / |
| Tshilongu | 71 | 309 | / |
| Gilugu | 71 | 9 | / |
| Kiloungou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Giloungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kilongu | 67 | 62 | / |
| Selungu | 67 | 7 | / |
| Kelungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chilonu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Silongu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sihlongu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Gelungau | 63 | 1 | / |
| Chellogu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Selusingu | 59 | 1 | / |
| Jelugu | 57 | 40 | / |
| Jelunu | 57 | 28 | / |
| Hilonu | 57 | 3 | / |
| Gelugu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Jeelugu | 53 | 46 | / |
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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 Chilungu
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