Muchungi Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Muchungi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Muchungi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1771:260,90317,444
Uganda171:2,296,42870,019
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Muchungi (16) may also be a first name.

Muchungi Last Name Facts

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

Muchungi is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Muchungi? popularity and diffusion

Muchungi is the 1,189,614th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Muchungi reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 93 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 16 people.

This last name is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 260,903. In Kenya Muchungi is most prevalent in: Nyeri County, where 59 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 36 percent reside and Kericho County, where 1 percent reside. Excluding Kenya this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Muchungi Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Muchungi
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