Makhungu Surname

306,799th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Makhungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makhungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1,2271:37,6364,028
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Makhungu (91) may also be a first name.

Makhungu Last Name Facts

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

Makhungu is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makhungu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 306,799th most frequently occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 5,915,216 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Makhungu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 998,282nd most commonly held first name world-wide It is held by 91 people.

This surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,227 people, or 1 in 37,636. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 37 percent live, Kakamega County, where 35 percent live and Nairobi County, where 13 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 0 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 0 percent live.

Makhungu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Makhungu
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