Kigungu Surname

1,674,734th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kigungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kigungu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya571:810,17431,920
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Uganda261:1,501,51154,973
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Kigungu (71) may also be a first name.

Kigungu Last Name Facts

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

Kigungu is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kigungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,674,734th most numerous family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 61,758,864 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kigungu live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Kigungu is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 71 people.

The surname Kigungu is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 57 people, or 1 in 810,174. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Vihiga County, where 95 percent are found, Kwale County, where 2 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 2 percent are found. Beside Kenya Kigungu occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent are found and Uganda, where 22 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiggungu934/
Kaigungu931/
Kigugu9225/
Kiggunou801/
Chigungu801/
Cigugu771/
Chigugu7119/
Keghughu671/
Kchegugu671/
Chegugu5710/
Chegougou501/
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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 Kigungu
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