Kitungu Surname
Approximately 1,300 people bear this surname
Kitungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,101 | 1:67,102 | 7,913 |
| Kenya | 193 | 1:239,274 | 16,651 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Kitungu (322) may also be a first name.
Kitungu Demographics
Kitungu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Kitungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kitungu is found most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitungu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,736th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitungu are found; 85 percent are found in Central Africa and 85 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 488,964th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 322 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,101 people, or 1 in 67,102. Excluding The DR Congo Kitungu occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 15 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Kitungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Kitungu last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kitunguu | 93 | 386 | / |
| Kitung'u | 93 | 80 | / |
| Kithungu | 93 | 11 | / |
| Kitunguh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Kitunu | 92 | 57 | / |
| Kitugu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Kaithungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Kitongu | 86 | 116 | / |
| Kithunu | 86 | 84 | / |
| Kutungu | 86 | 77 | / |
| Koitunu | 86 | 7 | / |
| Citungu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kytungu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Kistunu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chitungu | 80 | 1,817 | / |
| Ketunu | 77 | 131 | / |
| Ketugu | 77 | 21 | / |
| Chitung'u | 75 | 20 | / |
| Chitunguu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Khuthungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ketunui | 71 | 260 | / |
| Chitunu | 71 | 12 | / |
| Kaitogu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ketounou | 67 | 1,706 | / |
| Chituneu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kaithogu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ketounnou | 63 | 28 | / |
| Ketumnouy | 63 | 1 | / |
| Kitonu | 62 | 56 | / |
| Kethogu | 57 | 1 | / |
| Koitonou | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Kitungu
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