Kinugu Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Kinugu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kinugu 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
Kenya151:3,078,66038,128
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kinugu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kinugu (Oriya: କିନୁଗୁ) is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kinugu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Kinugu is the 4,427,875th most widely held surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname Kinugu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kinugu live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most widespread in Kenya, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Meru County, where 60 percent are found, Tharaka Nithi County, where 27 percent are found and Kitui County, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Kenya it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 20 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 5 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
Kinungu92230/
Kainungu861/
Kinoungu861/
Kinigu83299/
Kinogu83174/
Kunugu837/
Kinoungou802/
Kunougu774/
Chinugu771/
Chenugu6227/
Kemhougou531/
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Kinugu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kinugu in the Oriya language
କିନୁଗୁkinugu-

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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 Kinugu
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