Kalungu Surname

87,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,497 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kalungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kalungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,7441:42,3625,172
Kenya1,1781:39,2024,162
Zambia1,1531:13,7471,580
Malawi8631:19,8373,086
Tanzania2781:190,43716,384
Uganda1961:199,18016,019
Namibia381:63,4057,039
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England41:13,929,515290,718
Zimbabwe31:5,146,080115,446
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kalungu (605) may also be a first name.

Kalungu Last Name Facts

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

Kalungu occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kalungu? popularity and diffusion

Kalungu is the 87,505th most common last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,325,731 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kalungu are found; 38 percent are found in Southern Africa and 38 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 339,798th most frequently held first name on earth It is held by 605 people.

It is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,744 people, or 1 in 42,362. Excluding The DR Congo this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 21 percent reside and Zambia, where 21 percent reside.

Kalungu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Kalungu last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Kalungu
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