Karungi Surname
Approximately 26,590 people bear this surname
Karungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 26,501 | 1:1,473 | 185 |
| Tanzania | 20 | 1:2,647,081 | 48,780 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Karungi (421) may also be a first name.
Karungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Karungi (Oriya: କରୁି) occurs most in Uganda. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Karungi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karungi is the 20,559th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 274,071 people. Karungi is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Karungi are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 99 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 418,786th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 421 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Uganda, where it is borne by 26,501 people, or 1 in 1,473. In Uganda Karungi is most frequent in: Kabarole District, where 15 percent live, Hoima District, where 11 percent live and Kyenjojo District, where 10 percent live. Aside from Uganda Karungi is found in 20 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent live and Rwanda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Karungi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Karungi in the Oriya language | ||
| କରୁି | karui | - |
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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 Karungi
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