Kirungi Surname
Approximately 9,903 people bear this surname
Kirungi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 9,179 | 1:4,253 | 762 |
| Tanzania | 678 | 1:78,085 | 8,047 |
| Rwanda | 16 | 1:710,311 | 2,071 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Kirungi (130) may also be a first name.
Kirungi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kirungi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kirungi (Marathi: िकरूनगी) is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kirungi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 51,732nd most commonly held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 735,893 people. The surname Kirungi occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kirungi live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Kirungi is also the 814,623rd most frequent given name world-wide, held by 130 people.
The surname Kirungi is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is held by 9,179 people, or 1 in 4,253. In Uganda Kirungi is most numerous in: Kabarole District, where 20 percent are found, Hoima District, where 18 percent are found and Kyenjojo District, where 11 percent are found. Outside of Uganda it occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 7 percent are found and Rwanda, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kirungi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kirungi in the Marathi language | ||
| िकरूनगी | ikarunagi | - |
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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
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- 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 Kirungi
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