Kunguma Surname

627,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 488 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kunguma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunguma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe4641:33,2725,130
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kunguma (54) may also be a first name.

Kunguma Last Name Facts

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

The surname Kunguma (Marathi: कुंगुमा) occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunguma? popularity and diffusion

Kunguma is the 627,290th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 14,933,496 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kunguma live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Kunguma is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 54 people.

Kunguma is most commonly held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 33,272. In Zimbabwe it is most frequent in: Mashonaland West Province, where 60 percent are found, Mashonaland Central Province, where 21 percent are found and Harare Province, where 17 percent are found. Apart from Zimbabwe this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent are found and South Africa, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kung'uma9322/
Kungumas931/
Kuguma921,017/
Kunuma92408/
Kunnuma8610/
Kugumea864/
Kungume861/
Kumguma861/
Kugumah861/
Kunumma861/
Khunuma861/
Kounouma8047/
Cungumas8032/
Kunnumma8023/
Kusnumah807/
Khungume801/
Khunumas801/
Koguma7714,053/
Konuma77650/
Kunumo77112/
Kunoma7712/
Khusnouma751/
Kongoma7181/
Kounoma716/
Konouma713/
Kounumo711/
Cumgumas671/
Kounoumo671/
Kongomma671/

Kunguma Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kunguma in the Marathi language
कुंगुमाkunguma-

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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 Kunguma
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