Elungu Surname

290,346th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,319 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Namibia

Elungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Elungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo8001:92,34910,481
Namibia2281:10,5682,003
Uganda1941:201,23316,122
Tanzania811:653,60039,027
France101:6,642,272293,169
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Elungu (44) may also be a first name.

Elungu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Elungu has its highest incidence in The DR Congo. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Elungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 290,346th most numerous last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 5,525,054 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elungu live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Elungu is also the 1,525,482nd most frequent first name on earth, held by 44 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 800 people, or 1 in 92,349. Excluding The DR Congo this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 17 percent live and Uganda, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Elungou921/
Ellungu921/
Elugu911,561/
Eloungou86231/
Gelungau861/
Ilungu83953/
Elongu83792/
Alungu83358/
Olungu83141/
Jelunu8328/
Ealugu8315/
Elughu8314/
Eilugu835/
Ellugu833/
Eelugu833/
Elaugu832/
Elugou831/
Elumnu831/
Gelugu831/
Jilungu77335/
Jelunut77213/
Elougou77175/
Elounou7781/
Halungu7749/
Jeelugu7746/
Gilungu7721/
Yilungu7721/
Iilungu7716/
Elugudd776/
Elongou772/
Ilungut771/
Ollungu771/
Allungu771/
Geelugu771/
Elogu73465/
Ilugu7334/
Ilunu731/
Iloungou71206/
Alung'au714/
Yloungou711/
Jilugu67605/
Ilongu6745/
Gilugu679/
Giloungou671/
Ylunus671/
Elgugu671/

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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
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  • 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 Elungu
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