Kanguluma Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Kanguluma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kanguluma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia2231:71,0766,177
DR Congo2051:360,38831,424

Kanguluma (27) may also be a first name.

Kanguluma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kanguluma is most common in Zambia. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kanguluma? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 691,116th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanguluma live; 52 percent live in Southern Africa and 52 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kanguluma is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 27 people.

Kanguluma is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is carried by 223 people, or 1 in 71,076. In Zambia Kanguluma is most prevalent in: North-Western Province, where 64 percent are found, Copperbelt Province, where 25 percent are found and Northern Province, where 8 percent are found. Barring Zambia this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 48 percent are found.

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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 Kanguluma
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