Kunungu Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Kunungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kunungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe221:701,73850,656
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060

Kunungu Last Name Facts

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

Kunungu is found most frequently in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kunungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,602,217th most commonly held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kunungu live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 701,738. In Zimbabwe Kunungu is most numerous in: Mashonaland West Province, where 100 percent reside. Other than Zimbabwe this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Malawi, where 13 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kununu92171/
Kunugu927/
Kinungu86230/
Kunuguş8641/
Kununup864/
Kunougu864/
Kunugus863/
Khununu862/
Kunhunu861/
Kunuunu861/
Kounoungou822/
Kinoungu801/
Kounoungous784/
Konugu774/
Cununu771/
Kounounou75131/
Kinoungou752/
Kungunu7124/
Kounougous7116/
Konongu712/
Konhoungou711/
Khunogu711/
Kungugu711/
Konongou6726/
Kungungu671/
Kaungungu631/
Kunonu621/
Konogu621/
Konunu621/
Koenunu576/
Khunonu572/
Kunoonu571/
Cungungu531/
Kounonhou501/

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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 Kunungu
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