Karungo Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Karungo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 125 | 1:369,439 | 21,332 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Karungo (76) may also be a first name.
Karungo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Karungo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Karungo is most common in Kenya. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Karungo click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Karungo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Karungo is the 1,511,557th most numerous surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Karungo live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most commonly occurring first name world-wide, held by 76 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 369,439. In Kenya it is most common in: Muranga County, where 45 percent live, Nyeri County, where 30 percent live and Kiambu County, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
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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 Karungo
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