Ikunga Surname
Approximately 970 people bear this surname
Ikunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 482 | 1:95,809 | 8,487 |
| Nigeria | 235 | 1:753,799 | 34,148 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Tanzania | 117 | 1:452,492 | 31,593 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ikunga (108) may also be a first name.
Ikunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ikunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ikunga occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ikunga? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ikunga is the 370,384th most commonly held last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 7,512,934 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ikunga live; 62 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most frequently held first name in the world, held by 108 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 482 people, or 1 in 95,809. In Kenya Ikunga is mostly concentrated in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 53 percent are found, Meru County, where 24 percent are found and Kitui County, where 22 percent are found. Outside of Kenya Ikunga occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Ikunga
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