Maqungu Surname

436,668th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 786 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Maqungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Maqungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7841:69,1048,620
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Maqungu Last Name Facts

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

Maqungu is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Maqungu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 436,668th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,271,687 people. The last name Maqungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Maqungu live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name Maqungu is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 784 people, or 1 in 69,104. In South Africa Maqungu is most prevalent in: Eastern Cape, where 61 percent live, Gauteng, where 20 percent live and Western Cape, where 10 percent live. Not including South Africa this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent live and Wales, where 0 percent live.

Maqungu Last Name Statistics demography

Maqungu earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.97% less than the national average, earning R 118,884 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Magqungu932/
Maqungus931/
Mangqungu881/
Maqengu86144/
Moqungu861/
Maqumgu861/
Makngu771/
Makengu71616/
Makingu7173/
Macengu711/
Magbengu67157/
Machengu6769/
Machingu6765/
Makwengu6745/
Makingou671/
Moukengou634/
Mangwengu631/
Machenngu631/
Makienggu631/
Mouckengou591/
Mokengu574/
Mogbengu5327/
Mekengou531/
Mongwengu504/
Maguimgou502/
Makemgueu501/

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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 Maqungu
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