Milunga Surname

373,124th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 961 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Namibia

Milunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Milunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania4101:129,12612,118
DR Congo2391:309,12027,984
Zambia1781:89,0457,373
Namibia1321:18,2533,192
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Milunga (183) may also be a first name.

Milunga Last Name Facts

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

Milunga is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Milunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name Milunga is the 373,124th most frequently used surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 7,583,294 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Milunga live; 43 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 673,127th most frequently occurring forename throughout the world, held by 183 people.

The last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 410 people, or 1 in 129,126. In Tanzania Milunga is mostly concentrated in: Rukwa Region, where 79 percent reside, Arusha Region, where 13 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 2 percent reside. Not including Tanzania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent reside and Zambia, where 19 percent reside.

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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 Milunga
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