Irunga Surname

559,940th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 567 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Irunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Irunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4001:132,35412,363
DR Congo1091:677,79449,381
Kenya381:1,215,26135,116
Uganda131:3,003,02181,551
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Irunga (29) may also be a first name.

Irunga Last Name Facts

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

Irunga has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Irunga? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 559,940th most prevalent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 12,852,815 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Irunga reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,951,561st most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 29 people.

The last name Irunga is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is held by 400 people, or 1 in 132,354. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Dodoma Region, where 69 percent reside, Dar es Salaam Region, where 28 percent reside and Manyara Region, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 19 percent reside and Kenya, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Iorunga9211/
Iruna91260/
Iruga9196/
Ironga83322/
Hiruna8394/
Urunga8392/
Irunna8384/
Erunga8334/
Airuga8321/
Irungi8320/
Airuna834/
Hiruga833/
Irungo833/
Jiruga831/
Isruna831/
Yiruga831/
Irouna831/
Irouga831/
Iorhuna773,050/
Herunga771,543/
Hairuna7712/
Jironga779/
Irugait779/
Irongga778/
Ireugas776/
Girungo776/
Isrouna775/
Urungga773/
Gairuna772/
Jirugha771/
Hurunga771/
Hironga771/
Hirugad771/
Iorguga771/
Irounah771/
Hirungo771/
Girauna771/
Gerunga771/
Erungat771/
Iorguna771/
Eruhnga771/
Uirauna771/
Hirunat771/
Iroga73797/
Irona73274/
Eruga73172/
Iruno7391/
Eruna7340/
Irugo7333/
Iruña7327/
Iroungui71355/
Haironga71215/
Hairunas7145/
Iorhunna7137/
Gerungai7121/
Hirongay718/
Herungay717/
Iorhunah716/
Hurungga713/
Gerungay713/
Hirousna711/
Hairouna711/
Geruna67311/
Irongo67196/
Heruna6794/
Eronga6785/
Irongi6761/
Irouno6735/
Gerunggay6735/
Jirona6726/
Ironna6722/
Euruga6720/
Eruina6713/
Erugha6712/
Herunggay6712/
Hirona677/
Hiruno676/
Earuna674/
Hairunnas674/
Hirugo674/
Hiroga672/
Uiroga672/
Eruhga672/
Eirona671/
Erunna671/
Yrugas671/
Irogha671/
Iroena671/
Herrungay671/
Hironggay671/
Hironngay671/
Hiroungui671/
Irogau671/
Ironaa671/
Urungo671/
Geruga671/
Euruna671/
Erouga671/
Airona671/
Irogah671/
Irunno671/
Eruyna671/
Giruno671/
Irusinger670/

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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 Irunga
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