Luntu Surname
Approximately 496 people bear this surname
Luntu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 451 | 1:163,813 | 16,894 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 1:8,265,575 | 327,276 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Luntu (1,528) may also be a first name.
Luntu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Luntu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Luntu is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Luntu.
How Common Is The Last Name Luntu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 619,831st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 14,692,633 people. The surname Luntu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Luntu reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 198,465th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,528 people.
The last name is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 451 people, or 1 in 163,813. Other than The DR Congo this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 3 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Luntu
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