Mkunga Surname

178,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,387 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Malawi

Mkunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mkunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,7601:30,0803,579
Malawi5751:29,7724,476
Zimbabwe401:385,95635,257
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

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

The surname Mkunga is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mkunga? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 178,851st most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,053,015 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkunga live; 74 percent live in East Africa and 74 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mkunga is also the 2,136,160th most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 25 people.

Mkunga is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is carried by 1,760 people, or 1 in 30,080. In Tanzania it is most prevalent in: Lindi Region, where 25 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 21 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 17 percent are found. Besides Tanzania this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in Malawi, where 24 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mkung'a92202/
Mkounga92113/
Mkhunga929/
Mkungah924/
Mkuna911,185/
Mkuga913/
Mkonga831,474/
Mkungo83591/
Mkungi83112/
Mkunaa8385/
Mkunge8321/
Mkauga8315/
Mkhuna8310/
Mkumna831/
Mkunna831/
M'Kahunga801/
Mkhungo775,211/
Mkongoa7737/
Mkhungi778/
Mkhonga774/
Mkaungo771/
McKunna771/
McKeuna770/
McKauna770/
McKunah770/
Mkona73722/
Mkoga73717/
Mkugo7310/
Mcuna738/
Mkuno731/
McGungah710/
Mkongo672,051/
Mkonge671,342/
Mkoena67236/
Mkongi6786/
Mkhona6777/
Mconga6710/
Mkooga676/
Mcunha673/
Mkokga672/
Mgcuna672/
McKona672/
Mkumgo671/
Mkunuo671/
Mkonha671/
Mcungi671/
McCuna671/
McGuna670/
McKugo670/

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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 Mkunga
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