Mchunu Surname

7,932nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71,552 people bear this surname

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

Mchunu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mchunu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa71,3751:75960
Swaziland1261:10,303513
England711:784,76142,668
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Gabon11:1,889,1946,814
France11:66,422,722504,397
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077

Mchunu (15) may also be a first name.

Mchunu Last Name Facts

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

Mchunu occurs in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mchunu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 7,932nd most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 101,850 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mchunu reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Mchunu is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used first name at a global level, held by 15 people.

It is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 71,375 people, or 1 in 759. In South Africa Mchunu is primarily concentrated in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 80 percent reside, Gauteng, where 13 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 2 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Swaziland, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 percent reside.

Mchunu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Mchunu earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 39.71% less than the national average, earning R 143,280 per year and in United States they earn 51.4% less than the national average, earning $20,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mcunu914,756/
Mchuno83686/
Macunu832/
Makhunu771/
Macungu771/
Makhungu711,232/
Macounou71324/
Makhunou713/
Mocanu6753,037/
Mchana672,168/
Makunu67299/
Macuno67202/
Mchona67143/
Macuna67119/
Maconu676/
Mokunu675/
Macanu672/
McKuna670/

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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 Mchunu
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