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

The surname Gichunge is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Gichunge? popularity and diffusion

The surname Gichunge is the 147,349th most commonly used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,425,140 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Gichunge live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 306,882nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 723 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 3,001 people, or 1 in 15,388. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Meru County, where 85 percent live, Nairobi County, where 7 percent live and Tharaka Nithi County, where 3 percent live. Besides Kenya Gichunge is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Gichunge Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname 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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