Gungun Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Gungun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Indonesia | 36 | 1:3,673,589 | 193,360 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Güngün (1) are calculated separately.
Gungun (5,680) may also be a first name.
Gungun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gungun Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gungun (Hindi: गुनगुन, Marathi: गुनगुन, Oriya: ଗୁନ୍ଗୁନ୍) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Güngün. For other potential spellings of Gungun click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Gungun? popularity and diffusion
Gungun is the 1,573,888th most numerous surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Gungun occurs mostly in Africa, where 45 percent of Gungun reside; 45 percent reside in West Africa and 45 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 88,723rd most common first name internationally, borne by 5,680 people.
The surname Gungun is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 58 people, or 1 in 3,054,185. In Nigeria Gungun is most common in: Benue, where 48 percent are found, Delta, where 28 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 17 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 28 percent are found and India, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Gungun Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gungun in the Hindi language | ||
| गुनगुन | gunaguna | 96.67 |
| गुन्गुन | gun'guna | 3.33 |
| Gungun in the Oriya language | ||
| ଗୁନ୍ଗୁନ୍ | gun'gun | 75 |
| ଗୁୁନ | guuna | 25 |
| Gungun in the Marathi language | ||
| गुनगुन | gunaguna | 66.67 |
| गुणगुण | gunaguna | 33.33 |
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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 Gungun
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