Fungulani Surname

171,018th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,519 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Fungulani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fungulani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi2,0911:8,1871,245
Zimbabwe3611:42,7656,589
Zambia641:247,65515,017
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Fungulani (296) may also be a first name.

Fungulani Last Name Facts

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

The surname Fungulani is borne by more people in Malawi than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Fungulani.

How Common Is The Last Name Fungulani? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 171,018th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 2,893,031 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Fungulani are found; 100 percent are found in Southern Africa and 100 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 512,632nd most commonly used first name globally It is held by 296 people.

It is most commonly held in Malawi, where it is held by 2,091 people, or 1 in 8,187. Not including Malawi it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 14 percent live and Zambia, where 3 percent live.

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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 Fungulani
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