Kazungu Surname

7,344th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 77,281 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kazungu Surname User-submission:

The surname Kazungu or Kasungu means 'blessed one'.

Kazungu also means a 'person of a lighter skin color'. This can be seen in the fact that Africans call white people mzungu, meaning 'one who is of a light skin complexion'.

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Kazungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya53,9571:856133
Rwanda10,2321:1,111263
Tanzania7,5571:7,006917
Uganda3,1461:12,4092,041
DR Congo1,6901:43,7165,321
Zambia4391:36,1053,639
Zimbabwe1391:111,06615,254
Burundi361:272,357409
Belgium231:499,85448,667
England91:6,190,895170,599
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
France11:66,422,722504,397
Transnistria11:474,69917,893
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676

Kazungu (17,865) may also be a first name.

Kazungu Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Kazungu or Kasungu means 'blessed one'.

Kazungu also means a 'person of a lighter skin color'. This can be seen in the fact that Africans call white people mzungu, meaning 'one who is of a light skin complexion'.

Kazungu, in Kenya, is mostly used by the Agiriama community followed by the Taita community. These are coastal Bantu people. This name can also be found within the Rwandese Bantu people.

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Kazungu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kazungu Come From? nationality or country of origin

Kazungu (Russian: Казунгу) is found most in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kazungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,344th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 94,299 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kazungu are found; 97 percent are found in East Africa and 96 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Kazungu is also the 41,041st most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 17,865 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 53,957 people, or 1 in 856. In Kenya Kazungu is primarily concentrated in: Kilifi County, where 76 percent are found, Mombasa County, where 12 percent are found and Kwale County, where 5 percent are found. Barring Kenya it occurs in 30 countries. It is also found in Rwanda, where 13 percent are found and Tanzania, where 10 percent are found.

Kazungu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (93%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kazungu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kazungu in the Russian language
Казунгуkazungu-

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