Matungu Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Matungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 588 | 1:125,646 | 13,565 |
| Zambia | 145 | 1:109,310 | 8,555 |
| Tanzania | 88 | 1:601,609 | 37,493 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Matungu (47) may also be a first name.
Matungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Matungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Matungu is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Matungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Matungu is the 413,383rd most frequently used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Matungu live; 70 percent live in Central Africa and 70 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Matungu is also the 1,467,136th most prevalent first name in the world, held by 47 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 588 people, or 1 in 125,646. Apart from The DR Congo this last name occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 17 percent reside and Tanzania, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathungu | 93 | 102 | / |
| Matunggu | 93 | 22 | / |
| Matung'u | 93 | 1 | / |
| Matunu | 92 | 77 | / |
| Matugu | 92 | 7 | / |
| Matoungou | 88 | 8 | / |
| M'Matungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Matunhu | 86 | 196 | / |
| Matongu | 86 | 185 | / |
| Motungu | 86 | 49 | / |
| Mathugu | 86 | 35 | / |
| Mautunu | 86 | 5 | / |
| Matuunu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Maatunu | 86 | 2 | / |
| Matougu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Mathunu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Maitoungou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Matou'ngou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Maatougu | 80 | 16 | / |
| Mathingu | 80 | 5 | / |
| Muitungu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Mateunou | 80 | 2 | / |
| Meatougu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matuunui | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matounou | 80 | 1 | / |
| Motaungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matonggu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Matogu | 77 | 190 | / |
| Motugu | 77 | 5 | / |
| Motunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Muitung'u | 75 | 10 | / |
| Motoungou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mathingou | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mathingau | 75 | 3 | / |
| Metoungou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mathongou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Matheugou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mathing'u | 75 | 1 | / |
| Motongu | 71 | 280 | / |
| Motounu | 71 | 6 | / |
| Motaunu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Moutoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Matheugueu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motunau | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mothugu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Motonggu | 67 | 18 | / |
| Motounou | 67 | 11 | / |
| Mahatogu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Matungu
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