Kitungi Surname

748,537th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 384 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Kitungi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kitungi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2381:222,44418,495
Kenya1341:344,62620,573
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kitungi (15) may also be a first name.

Kitungi Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kitungi (Oriya: କିତୁ) occurs in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kitungi? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 748,537th most common surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 18,977,984 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kitungi live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name at a global level, borne by 15 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is carried by 238 people, or 1 in 222,444. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 52 percent live, Pwani Region, where 46 percent live and Arusha Region, where 0 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 35 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.

Kitungi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Kitungi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kitungi in the Oriya language
କିତୁkitu-

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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 Kitungi
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