Mkungu Surname
Approximately 2,688 people bear this surname
Mkungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 2,369 | 1:22,348 | 2,774 |
| Kenya | 259 | 1:178,301 | 13,436 |
| South Africa | 27 | 1:2,006,582 | 90,678 |
| Zimbabwe | 19 | 1:812,539 | 55,590 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Mkungu (146) may also be a first name.
Mkungu Demographics
Average Mkungu Salary in
South Africa
R 36,240
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Mkungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mkungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mkungu occurs most in Tanzania. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Mkungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mkungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 161,904th most frequently held family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,711,141 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mkungu live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Mkungu is also the 763,528th most common first name throughout the world It is held by 146 people.
The last name Mkungu is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 2,369 people, or 1 in 22,348. In Tanzania it is most frequent in: Mwanza Region, where 22 percent reside, Lindi Region, where 14 percent reside and Tanga Region, where 12 percent reside. Beside Tanzania this last name occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 10 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
Mkungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Mkungu last name is principally Muslim (100%) in Kenya.
Mkungu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 84.75% less than the national average, earning R 36,240 per year.
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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 Mkungu
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