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.

DNA test information

Luhunga Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
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.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Kenya

Luhunga Demographics

Luhunga Religious Adherence
in Kenya

Sample size: 4 (2018)

Religious Adherence
in Kenya

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Luhunga Last Name Facts

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

Luhunga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Luhunga click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Luhunga? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 167,441st most frequent family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 2,821,350 people. Luhunga occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Luhunga live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 66 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Luhunga is also the 409,668th most commonly used first name throughout the world It is held by 438 people.

This surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,624 people, or 1 in 32,600. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 26 percent live, Simiyu Region, where 16 percent live and Geita Region, where 12 percent live. Besides Tanzania Luhunga occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 29 percent live and Kenya, where 8 percent live.

Luhunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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