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
The surname Kitungu is held by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitungu? popularity and diffusion
Kitungu is the 293,736th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,605,805 people. The surname Kitungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kitungu live; 85 percent live in Central Africa and 85 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Kitungu is also the 488,964th most commonly held given name at a global level, borne by 322 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is held by 1,101 people, or 1 in 67,102. Aside from 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 holding the 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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis