Kilungi Surname
Approximately 773 people bear this surname
Kilungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 701 | 1:75,523 | 7,843 |
| Uganda | 38 | 1:1,027,349 | 44,109 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
Kilungi (41) may also be a first name.
Kilungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kilungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kilungi is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kilungi.
How Common Is The Last Name Kilungi? popularity and diffusion
Kilungi is the 442,270th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 9,427,614 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kilungi live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kilungi is also the 1,590,275th most commonly used first name on earth, held by 41 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 75,523. In Tanzania it is primarily found in: Pwani Region, where 60 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 37 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania Kilungi exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 5 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Kilungi
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