Ipungu Surname
Approximately 820 people bear this surname
Ipungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 602 | 1:122,724 | 13,305 |
| Tanzania | 217 | 1:243,971 | 19,796 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
Ipungu (28) may also be a first name.
Ipungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ipungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ipungu is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ipungu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 422,566th most common family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,887,251 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ipungu are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly occurring forename world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 602 people, or 1 in 122,724. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 26 percent are found and Botswana, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hipungu | 92 | 34 | / |
| Yipungu | 92 | 21 | / |
| Gipungu | 92 | 4 | / |
| Ipunu | 91 | 60 | / |
| Ipugu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Ipoungou | 86 | 1 | / |
| Upungu | 83 | 34 | / |
| Epungu | 83 | 27 | / |
| Ipugau | 83 | 12 | / |
| Ipongu | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ipongou | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jipughu | 77 | 2 | / |
| Giphugu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ipounou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Epunu | 73 | 67 | / |
| Epugu | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ipogu | 73 | 5 | / |
| Epongu | 67 | 427 | / |
| Epunau | 67 | 44 | / |
| Epugau | 67 | 20 | / |
| Ypunus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Epongau | 62 | 1 | / |
| Epogu | 55 | 17 | / |
| Iponu | 55 | 6 | / |
| Jpogu | 55 | 1 | / |
| Iponou | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Ipungu
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