Lunga Surname
Approximately 25,987 people bear this surname
Lunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 13,260 | 1:1,164 | 52 |
| Angola | 3,549 | 1:7,605 | 975 |
| DR Congo | 2,401 | 1:30,770 | 3,851 |
| South Africa | 1,657 | 1:32,696 | 4,182 |
| Indonesia | 922 | 1:143,437 | 14,166 |
| Zambia | 770 | 1:20,584 | 2,266 |
| Russia | 551 | 1:261,566 | 27,473 |
| Malawi | 418 | 1:40,955 | 5,885 |
| Brazil | 376 | 1:569,347 | 21,260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 324 | 1:25,166 | 2,786 |
| Moldova | 306 | 1:11,638 | 2,010 |
| Romania | 276 | 1:72,746 | 8,659 |
| Czechia | 159 | 1:66,877 | 11,231 |
| India | 126 | 1:6,087,820 | 142,101 |
| Cameroon | 126 | 1:164,834 | 17,742 |
| Tanzania | 116 | 1:456,393 | 31,870 |
| England | 98 | 1:568,552 | 34,674 |
| United States | 73 | 1:4,965,191 | 254,179 |
| Transnistria | 73 | 1:6,503 | 1,248 |
| Norway | 67 | 1:76,751 | 10,726 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Latvia | 17 | 1:120,591 | 17,235 |
| Israel | 16 | 1:534,852 | 39,210 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1:14,886,990 | 61,272 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Kazakhstan | 10 | 1:1,768,250 | 83,699 |
| Kenya | 10 | 1:4,617,990 | 42,693 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Austria | 6 | 1:1,419,239 | 86,529 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Mozambique | 4 | 1:6,815,392 | 4,272 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Lunga (16,760) may also be a first name.
Lunga Demographics
Average Lunga Salary in
United States
$43,267 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Lunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Lunga (Georgian: ლუნგა, Hindi: लूंगा, Marathi: लुंगा, Oriya: ଲୁା, Russian: Лунга) is held by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Lunga? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 20,992nd most frequently occurring family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 280,430 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Lunga are found; 76 percent are found in Southern Africa and 62 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Lunga is also the 42,971st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 16,760 people.
The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 13,260 people, or 1 in 1,164. In Zimbabwe it is primarily found in: Midlands Province, where 34 percent live, Bulawayo Province, where 29 percent live and Matabeleland North Province, where 19 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe Lunga occurs in 63 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 14 percent live and The DR Congo, where 9 percent live.
Lunga Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Lunga has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Lunga surname rose 2,433 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Lunga Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (92%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (94%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Lunga surname are 25.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Lunga earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 23.21% less than the national average, earning 265,763 kr per year; in Peru they earn 335.79% more than the national average, earning S/. 84,478 per year; in South Africa they earn 21.22% less than the national average, earning R 187,212 per year; in United States they earn 0.27% more than the national average, earning $43,267 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.66% more than the national average, earning $52,000 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lunga Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lunga in the Georgian language | ||
| ლუნგა | lunga | - |
| Lunga in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲୁା | lua | - |
| Lunga in the Marathi language | ||
| लुंगा | lunga | 89.58 |
| लूंगा | lunga | 7.29 |
| लुन्गा | lun'ga | 3.13 |
| Lunga in the Hindi language | ||
| लूंगा | lunga | 66.09 |
| लुंगा | lunga | 32.18 |
| लूँगा | lumga | 0.41 |
| लुन्गा | lun'ga | 0.25 |
| लून्गा | lun'ga | 0.25 |
| लुँगा | lumga | 0.16 |
| लुंग्ाा | lungaa | 0.08 |
| लूंंगा | lumnga | 0.08 |
| लुंगाा | lungaa | 0.08 |
| लूॅगा | luega | 0.08 |
| लुॅंगा | luenga | 0.08 |
| Lunga in the Russian language | ||
| Лунга | lunga | - |
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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 Lunga
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