Kanyungu Surname
Approximately 765 people bear this surname
Kanyungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 313 | 1:169,143 | 14,889 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Kenya | 116 | 1:398,103 | 22,333 |
| Zambia | 43 | 1:368,603 | 19,020 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Zimbabwe | 12 | 1:1,286,520 | 73,455 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Kanyungu (33) may also be a first name.
Kanyungu Demographics
Kanyungu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kanyungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanyungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanyungu is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanyungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kanyungu is the 445,853rd most frequently used surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kanyungu reside; 58 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Kanyungu is also the 1,807,719th most frequent forename globally, held by 33 people.
The last name Kanyungu is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 313 people, or 1 in 169,143. In Tanzania Kanyungu is most numerous in: Kigoma Region, where 96 percent are found, Dodoma Region, where 1 percent are found and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent are found. Apart from Tanzania this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Kenya, where 15 percent are found.
Kanyungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Kanyungu last name is principally 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 Kanyungu
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