Gichunge Surname

147,349th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,005 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Gichunge Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gichunge Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3,0011:15,3881,846
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

Gichunge (723) may also be a first name.

Gichunge Last Name Facts

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

Gichunge is found most frequently in Kenya. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gichunge? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 147,349th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,425,140 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Gichunge live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Gichunge is also the 306,882nd most frequently held given name globally, borne by 723 people.

It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is held by 3,001 people, or 1 in 15,388. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Meru County, where 85 percent are found, Nairobi County, where 7 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent are found. Apart from Kenya Gichunge is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Gichunge Last Name Statistics demography

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

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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 Gichunge
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