Kaungo Surname
Approximately 1,355 people bear this surname
Kaungo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 933 | 1:56,743 | 6,172 |
| Malawi | 340 | 1:50,350 | 7,017 |
| Zambia | 65 | 1:243,845 | 14,860 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Kaungo (43) may also be a first name.
Kaungo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaungo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaungo is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaungo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 284,130th most widely held family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 5,378,263 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kaungo live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 70 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,545,828th most commonly occurring first name world-wide, borne by 43 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 933 people, or 1 in 56,743. In Tanzania Kaungo is most numerous in: Songwe Region, where 76 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 22 percent reside and Katavi Region, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Tanzania this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Kaungo
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