Kambungu Surname

222,368th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,833 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Namibia

Kambungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kambungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo9241:79,9569,244
Namibia4561:5,284999
Zambia3191:49,6864,698
Indonesia1051:1,259,51688,308
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Kambungu (30) may also be a first name.

Kambungu Last Name Facts

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

Kambungu occurs most in The DR Congo. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kambungu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 222,368th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 3,975,748 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Kambungu live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 30 people.

It is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 924 people, or 1 in 79,956. Excluding The DR Congo Kambungu exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Namibia, where 25 percent live and Zambia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kaumbungu9410/
Kambumngu941/
Kambugu932,092/
Kambunu938/
Kambongu8825/
Kambuggu8814/
Kombungu884/
Kambuugu881/
Kambougou821/
Kambounou821/
Kombugu801/
Kanbugu801/
Kambogu801/
Kombongu751/
Kanvungu751/
Kanbounou711/
Koumbounou671/
Kambonou6313/
Kounboungou631/
Kanbonou501/

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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 Kambungu
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