Luhunga Surname

167,441st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,583 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Luhunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Luhunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,6241:32,6003,827
DR Congo7391:99,97211,221
Kenya2131:216,80715,399
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Luhunga (438) may also be a first name.

Luhunga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Luhunga is found most in Tanzania. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Luhunga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 167,441st most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,821,350 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Luhunga reside; 71 percent reside in East Africa and 66 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Luhunga is also the 409,668th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 438 people.

The last name Luhunga is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 1,624 people, or 1 in 32,600. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dodoma Region, where 26 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 16 percent live and Geita Region, where 12 percent live. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Luhunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Luhunga last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Luhuunga931/
Lihunga86151/
Luyunga86103/
Luhungo8655/
Lujunga861/
Louhoungou71107/
Luyonga7183/
Lujonga711/
Lieunga711/
Lououngou631/
Louhongou631/

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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 Luhunga
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