Muhungu Surname
Approximately 1,703 people bear this surname
Muhungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 1,259 | 1:58,681 | 7,001 |
| Tanzania | 272 | 1:194,638 | 16,683 |
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| Zambia | 37 | 1:428,376 | 20,573 |
| Namibia | 27 | 1:89,237 | 8,105 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Muhungu (99) may also be a first name.
Muhungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muhungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Muhungu is found most in The DR Congo. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Muhungu? popularity and diffusion
Muhungu is the 236,109th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 4,279,240 people. The surname Muhungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Muhungu reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 74 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 951,070th most widespread first name in the world, held by 99 people.
The last name Muhungu is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 1,259 people, or 1 in 58,681. Apart from The DR Congo Muhungu exists in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Muhungu
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