Fungana Surname
Approximately 122 people bear this surname
Fungana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 118 | 1:134,321 | 9,923 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Fungana (17) may also be a first name.
Fungana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fungana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fungana is held by more people in Zambia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Fungana.
How Common Is The Last Name Fungana? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fungana is the 1,637,889th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Fungana live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly used given name throughout the world It is held by 17 people.
The last name Fungana is most numerous in Zambia, where it is carried by 118 people, or 1 in 134,321. In Zambia it is mostly found in: North-Western Province, where 59 percent reside, Copperbelt Province, where 36 percent reside and Western Province, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Zambia Fungana occurs in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fung'ana | 93 | 20 | / |
| Funganha | 93 | 1 | / |
| Funganga | 93 | 1 | / |
| Funganai | 93 | 1 | / |
| Funana | 92 | 19 | / |
| Fugana | 92 | 1 | / |
| Funingana | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fungani | 86 | 78 | / |
| Fungane | 86 | 57 | / |
| Fongana | 86 | 11 | / |
| Fungena | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vungana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Funhana | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vunganai | 80 | 798 | / |
| Voungana | 80 | 2 | / |
| Founanau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Vunana | 77 | 30 | / |
| Fonana | 77 | 12 | / |
| Fogana | 77 | 3 | / |
| Funano | 77 | 2 | / |
| Vugana | 77 | 2 | / |
| Funanà | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fungone | 71 | 14 | / |
| Vunnana | 71 | 5 | / |
| Fungoni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Vunaana | 71 | 2 | / |
| Phugana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fugaino | 71 | 1 | / |
| Foganna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fongane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vougana | 71 | 1 | / |
| Funanga | 71 | 1 | / |
| Vungane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fungongo | 67 | 62 | / |
| Founanou | 67 | 3 | / |
| Fougango | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phungane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phongana | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foungoni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fuigouna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Voughana | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Fungana
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