Lunku Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Lunku Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lunku Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania81:6,617,70268,742
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Lunku Last Name Facts

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

The last name Lunku occurs in Tanzania more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Lunku click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lunku? popularity and diffusion

The last name Lunku is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Lunku occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Lunku are found; 89 percent are found in East Africa and 89 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Tanzania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 6,617,702. In Tanzania Lunku is most numerous in: Dodoma Region, where 50 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 50 percent are found. Beside Tanzania Lunku exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 11 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lungku9122/
Leunkeu83264/
Lungkui8313/
Lounkou838/
Lungkut834/
Laungku834/
Lungkau833/
Launkut831/
Lungkus831/
Lunkaus831/
Lungkhu831/
Lunckus831/
Lonku8010/
Luncu801/
Loungkou771/
Leungkui771/
Longku73337/
Lonkou7323/
Luncup734/
Luncut731/
Lonkuh731/
Lutencu6741/
Hlonkou6731/
Lonkhau676/
Longkuh675/
Leumkeu672/
Longkui671/
Loumkoup621/
Luncuist620/
Lonqueu5060/

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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 Lunku
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