Kariungi Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kariungi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kariungi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3011:153,42212,187
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kariungi (15) may also be a first name.

Kariungi Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kariungi is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Kariungi.

How Common Is The Last Name Kariungi? popularity and diffusion

It is the 887,624th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kariungi live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kariungi is also the 2,900,335th most common first name internationally. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 301 people, or 1 in 153,422. In Kenya Kariungi is most prevalent in: Tharaka Nithi County, where 56 percent are found, Nyeri County, where 19 percent are found and Kirinyaga County, where 17 percent are found. Not including Kenya Kariungi occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.

Kariungi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the 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 Kariungi
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