Lungu Surname
Approximately 254,362 people bear this surname
Lungu Surname Definition:
Lungu is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: april.
Read More About This SurnameLungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 150,095 | 1:106 | 8 |
| Romania | 40,989 | 1:490 | 51 |
| Malawi | 31,970 | 1:535 | 37 |
| Moldova | 15,581 | 1:229 | 4 |
| DR Congo | 4,447 | 1:16,613 | 2,084 |
| South Africa | 1,924 | 1:28,159 | 3,626 |
| Russia | 1,902 | 1:75,774 | 9,691 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,852 | 1:8,336 | 978 |
| Tanzania | 1,703 | 1:31,087 | 3,681 |
| United States | 556 | 1:651,905 | 52,252 |
| Transnistria | 548 | 1:866 | 58 |
| Italy | 312 | 1:196,015 | 28,462 |
| England | 277 | 1:201,148 | 17,563 |
| Indonesia | 264 | 1:500,944 | 40,974 |
| Canada | 225 | 1:163,758 | 16,499 |
| Portugal | 179 | 1:58,202 | 3,162 |
| Botswana | 171 | 1:12,789 | 2,446 |
| Germany | 155 | 1:519,390 | 43,831 |
| Greece | 149 | 1:74,361 | 12,526 |
| Nigeria | 136 | 1:1,302,520 | 51,596 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99 | 1:82,361 | 10,899 |
| Kazakhstan | 75 | 1:235,767 | 21,064 |
| Belgium | 73 | 1:157,488 | 21,805 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Ireland | 49 | 1:96,101 | 5,242 |
| Sweden | 44 | 1:223,790 | 15,522 |
| Kenya | 41 | 1:1,126,339 | 34,944 |
| Australia | 38 | 1:710,413 | 47,396 |
| Serbia | 37 | 1:193,107 | 11,972 |
| Kuwait | 29 | 1:131,058 | 14,967 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Uganda | 23 | 1:1,697,360 | 58,907 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Belarus | 21 | 1:452,431 | 44,053 |
| Poland | 20 | 1:1,900,437 | 96,203 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Austria | 14 | 1:608,245 | 54,975 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 1:323,452 | 26,435 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Iceland | 12 | 1:31,674 | 2,357 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Netherlands | 12 | 1:1,407,265 | 75,423 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Turkmenistan | 9 | 1:609,901 | 4,112 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Hungary | 8 | 1:1,227,035 | 53,030 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Chile | 6 | 1:2,936,079 | 35,997 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Albania | 4 | 1:728,514 | 20,844 |
| Angola | 4 | 1:6,747,304 | 6,999 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 1:1,011,529 | 32,308 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
Lungu (1,131) may also be a first name.
Lungu Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Lungu is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: april.
Lungu is a surname of the Lozi tribe, meaning: the water stands still / April.
User-submitted Reference
The Lungu surname from the Lozi tribe means 'april' (water stands still). Or it could be a Romanian surname meaning 'long'.
- deleted-173293This surname means 'long' in Romanian.
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Lungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Lungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Lungu (Georgian: ლუნგუ, Oriya: ଲୁୁ, Russian: Лунгу) is most common in Zambia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Lungu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,156th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 28,650 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 76 percent of Lungu live; 73 percent live in Southern Africa and 73 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Lungu is also the 236,787th most prevalent given name on earth. It is borne by 1,131 people.
The last name is most widely held in Zambia, where it is held by 150,095 people, or 1 in 106. In Zambia Lungu is most common in: Eastern Province, where 47 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 30 percent are found and Copperbelt Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Zambia it exists in 91 countries. It is also found in Romania, where 16 percent are found and Malawi, where 13 percent are found.
Lungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Lungu surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Lungu surname are 11.54% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 64.77% registered with the political party.
The amount Lungu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 78.2% less than the national average, earning €6,547 per year; in South Africa they earn 44.73% less than the national average, earning R 131,352 per year; in United States they earn 1.32% more than the national average, earning $43,718 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.92% more than the national average, earning $50,140 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Lungu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lungu in the Georgian language | ||
| ლუნგუ | lungu | - |
| Lungu in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲୁୁ | luu | 75 |
| ଲୁୂ | luu | 25 |
| Lungu in the Russian language | ||
| Лунгу | lungu | - |
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Lungu Reference & Research
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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
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- 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 Lungu
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