Makungo Surname

142,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,113 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Zambia

Makungo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Makungo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,8401:29,4443,784
Zambia1,1871:13,3531,526
DR Congo621:1,191,60673,277
England101:5,571,806158,774
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002

Makungo (236) may also be a first name.

Makungo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Makungo is found most frequently in South Africa. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Makungo? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 142,851st most widespread family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 2,341,004 people. Makungo is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Makungo live; 97 percent live in Southern Africa and 97 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 583,008th most common first name at a global level It is held by 236 people.

The surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is held by 1,840 people, or 1 in 29,444. In South Africa Makungo is most prevalent in: Limpopo, where 75 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 1 percent live. Excluding South Africa Makungo occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Zambia, where 38 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.

Makungo Last Name Statistics demography

Makungo earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.67% less than the national average, earning R 171,888 per year.

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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 Makungo
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