Kalunge Surname
Approximately 1,875 people bear this surname
Kalunge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,015 | 1:45,497 | 4,704 |
| India | 777 | 1:987,214 | 41,835 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Kalunge (365) may also be a first name.
Kalunge Demographics
Kalunge Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kalunge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kalunge Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kalunge (Marathi: काळुंगे) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kalunge? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 218,449th most widely held family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,886,691 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Kalunge live; 54 percent live in East Africa and 54 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 455,540th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 365 people.
This last name is most widely held in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,015 people, or 1 in 45,497. In Kenya Kalunge is primarily concentrated in: Meru County, where 77 percent are found, Kitui County, where 18 percent are found and Tharaka Nithi County, where 5 percent are found. Other than Kenya this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 percent are found.
Kalunge Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kalunge Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kalunge in the Marathi language | ||
| काळुंगे | kalunge | 84.5 |
| काळूंगे | kalunge | 11.33 |
| कालुंगे | kalunge | 2 |
| कलूंगे | kalunge | 0.33 |
| कलुंगे | kalunge | 0.17 |
| कालूंगे | kalunge | 0.17 |
| कांळुगे | kanluge | 0.17 |
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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 Kalunge
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