Kiyungu Surname

701,000th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 420 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Kiyungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kiyungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo2671:276,70325,802
Tanzania1481:357,71426,551
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kiyungu (47) may also be a first name.

Kiyungu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kiyungu is most common in The DR Congo. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kiyungu.

How Common Is The Last Name Kiyungu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 701,000th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Kiyungu live; 64 percent live in Central Africa and 64 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 47 people.

It is most widespread in The DR Congo, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 276,703. Besides The DR Congo it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 35 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kiyugu92182/
Kiyoungou881/
Kyiungu864/
Kieungu861/
Kyyungu861/
Chiyungu80341/
Kijjungu801/
Kieunu772/
Chiyung'u752/
Chiyunu712/
Kieunou711/
Kiihunu711/
Chieuneu531/

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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 Kiyungu
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