Kitunzi Surname
Approximately 546 people bear this surname
Kitunzi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 316 | 1:123,542 | 11,626 |
| Tanzania | 199 | 1:266,038 | 21,128 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Kitunzi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kitunzi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kitunzi is found most in Uganda. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kitunzi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kitunzi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kitunzi is the 576,198th most numerous last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,347,154 people. The last name Kitunzi is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Kitunzi reside; 95 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most common in Uganda, where it is carried by 316 people, or 1 in 123,542. In Uganda Kitunzi is mostly concentrated in: Kampala District, where 17 percent live, Wakiso District, where 15 percent live and Mubende District, where 12 percent live. Not including Uganda it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 36 percent live and The DR Congo, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kithunzi | 93 | 86 | / |
| Kituunzi | 93 | 9 | / |
| Kitungi | 86 | 384 | / |
| Kitunsi | 86 | 74 | / |
| Kitunza | 86 | 41 | / |
| Kitonzi | 86 | 3 | / |
| Kithinzi | 80 | 218 | / |
| Chitunzi | 80 | 56 | / |
| Kaitunze | 80 | 55 | / |
| Kitungie | 80 | 27 | / |
| Kithungi | 80 | 8 | / |
| Kaitunza | 80 | 1 | / |
| Kithunji | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chithunzi | 75 | 184 | / |
| Chitunzzi | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ketunze | 71 | 274 | / |
| Kitunge | 71 | 4 | / |
| Kitonsi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Kutunze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitunsa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitonze | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitonza | 71 | 1 | / |
| Kitunsha | 67 | 21 | / |
| Chitungi | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chitunji | 67 | 2 | / |
| Kithonze | 67 | 1 | / |
| Kitonsa | 57 | 560 | / |
| Ketonze | 57 | 12 | / |
| Ketunge | 57 | 1 | / |
| Chitunge | 53 | 1 | / |
| Kitonssa | 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 Kitunzi
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