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) is more commonly found in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Karungi.
How Common Is The Last Name Karungi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Karungi is the 20,559th most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 274,071 people. The surname is mostly 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. Karungi is also the 418,786th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 421 people.
This surname is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 26,501 people, or 1 in 1,473. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kabarole District, where 15 percent reside, Hoima District, where 11 percent reside and Kyenjojo District, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Uganda it exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 0 percent reside and Rwanda, where 0 percent reside.
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
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- 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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