Misungu Surname
Approximately 316 people bear this surname
Misungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| Kenya | 8 | 1:5,772,488 | 50,256 |
Misungu (23) may also be a first name.
Misungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Misungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Misungu is found most frequently in The DR Congo. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Misungu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 860,770th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 23,061,854 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Misungu live; 97 percent live in Central Africa and 97 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Misungu is also the 2,239,265th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 23 people.
This surname is most frequent in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 308 people, or 1 in 239,869. Not including The DR Congo this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missungu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Misugu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Musungu | 86 | 19,476 | / |
| Misongu | 86 | 27 | / |
| Mijungu | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mizungu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Mitsugu | 86 | 4 | / |
| Maisoungou | 82 | 2 | / |
| Mishingu | 80 | 83 | / |
| Muizungu | 80 | 27 | / |
| Mushungu | 80 | 23 | / |
| Mussungu | 80 | 20 | / |
| Maissoungou | 78 | 3 | / |
| Mesunu | 77 | 21 | / |
| Mesugu | 77 | 3 | / |
| Mishounnu | 75 | 3 | / |
| Muizhungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Missongou | 75 | 1 | / |
| Musheungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Muzungu | 71 | 18,615 | / |
| Michugu | 71 | 86 | / |
| Maissounou | 71 | 2 | / |
| Messoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Miossougou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Metsoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Maisousgou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mujjungu | 67 | 87 | / |
| Mushingu | 67 | 56 | / |
| Muzhungu | 67 | 10 | / |
| Michunut | 67 | 6 | / |
| Muzuungu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Muuzungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Michuigu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Meesoungneu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mhuzungu | 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 Misungu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis