Mkunga Surname
Approximately 2,387 people bear this surname
Mkunga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 1,760 | 1:30,080 | 3,579 |
| Malawi | 575 | 1:29,772 | 4,476 |
| Zimbabwe | 40 | 1:385,956 | 35,257 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkunga (25) may also be a first name.
Mkunga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkunga Come From? nationality or country of origin
Mkunga has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkunga? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 178,851st most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 3,053,015 people. Mkunga is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkunga reside; 74 percent reside in East Africa and 74 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Mkunga is also the 2,136,160th most numerous first name globally It is held by 25 people.
The surname is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,760 people, or 1 in 30,080. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Lindi Region, where 25 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent live and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent live. Barring Tanzania it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 24 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mkung'a | 92 | 202 | / |
| Mkounga | 92 | 113 | / |
| Mkhunga | 92 | 9 | / |
| Mkungah | 92 | 4 | / |
| Mkuna | 91 | 1,185 | / |
| Mkuga | 91 | 3 | / |
| Mkonga | 83 | 1,474 | / |
| Mkungo | 83 | 591 | / |
| Mkungi | 83 | 112 | / |
| Mkunaa | 83 | 85 | / |
| Mkunge | 83 | 21 | / |
| Mkauga | 83 | 15 | / |
| Mkhuna | 83 | 10 | / |
| Mkumna | 83 | 1 | / |
| Mkunna | 83 | 1 | / |
| M'Kahunga | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mkhungo | 77 | 5,211 | / |
| Mkongoa | 77 | 37 | / |
| Mkhungi | 77 | 8 | / |
| Mkhonga | 77 | 4 | / |
| Mkaungo | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKunna | 77 | 1 | / |
| McKeuna | 77 | 0 | / |
| McKauna | 77 | 0 | / |
| McKunah | 77 | 0 | / |
| Mkona | 73 | 722 | / |
| Mkoga | 73 | 717 | / |
| Mkugo | 73 | 10 | / |
| Mcuna | 73 | 8 | / |
| Mkuno | 73 | 1 | / |
| McGungah | 71 | 0 | / |
| Mkongo | 67 | 2,051 | / |
| Mkonge | 67 | 1,342 | / |
| Mkoena | 67 | 236 | / |
| Mkongi | 67 | 86 | / |
| Mkhona | 67 | 77 | / |
| Mconga | 67 | 10 | / |
| Mkooga | 67 | 6 | / |
| Mcunha | 67 | 3 | / |
| Mkokga | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mgcuna | 67 | 2 | / |
| McKona | 67 | 2 | / |
| Mkumgo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkunuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mkonha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Mcungi | 67 | 1 | / |
| McCuna | 67 | 1 | / |
| McGuna | 67 | 0 | / |
| McKugo | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Mkunga
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