Kanungi Surname
Approximately 152 people bear this surname
Kanungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Kanungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kanungi is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kanungi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanungi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kanungi is the 1,422,956th most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,944,381 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanungi live; 90 percent live in Central Africa and 90 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Kanungi is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is held by 137 people, or 1 in 539,267. Not including The DR Congo Kanungi is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Kanungi
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