Dungani Surname

794,916th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 354 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Dungani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Dungani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1911:241,78016,739
South Africa1061:511,11041,270
India431:17,838,730274,051
Zimbabwe141:1,102,73166,551

Dungani (26) may also be a first name.

Dungani Last Name Facts

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

Dungani (Marathi: डुंगानी) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Dungani? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 794,916th most commonly occurring surname globally, borne by around 1 in 20,586,288 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Dungani are found; 54 percent are found in East Africa and 34 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Dungani is also the 2,084,397th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 26 people.

The last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 191 people, or 1 in 241,780. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 50 percent live, Kakamega County, where 38 percent live and Nairobi County, where 5 percent live. Barring Kenya it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in South Africa, where 30 percent live and India, where 12 percent live.

Dungani Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Dungani surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Dungani earn notably less less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 21% less than the national average, earning R 187,728 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Dungani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Dungani in the Marathi language
डुंगानीdungani57.14
डूंगानीdungani28.57
दुंगाणीdungani14.29

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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 Dungani
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