Kaungu Surname
Approximately 927 people bear this surname
Kaungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 453 | 1:34,989 | 3,537 |
| DR Congo | 315 | 1:234,538 | 22,701 |
| Kenya | 112 | 1:412,321 | 22,772 |
| Tanzania | 33 | 1:1,604,291 | 47,186 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Kaungu (199) may also be a first name.
Kaungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kaungu is most common in Zambia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaungu? popularity and diffusion
Kaungu is the 383,720th most frequently held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 7,861,430 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kaungu are found; 49 percent are found in Southern Africa and 49 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 642,605th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 199 people.
This surname is most widespread in Zambia, where it is borne by 453 people, or 1 in 34,989. In Zambia Kaungu is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 32 percent are found, Western Province, where 20 percent are found and Northern Province, where 13 percent are found. Not including Zambia Kaungu exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent are found and Kenya, where 12 percent are found.
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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 Kaungu
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