Musungo Surname

402,505th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 872 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Musungo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Musungo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe8061:19,1542,841
DR Congo211:3,518,075145,665
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
Zambia101:1,584,99231,679
England91:6,190,895170,599
Namibia31:803,13415,170
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Musungo (30) may also be a first name.

Musungo Last Name Facts

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

Musungo is carried by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Musungo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 402,505th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 8,357,277 people. Musungo is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Musungo reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 30 people.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Zimbabwe, where it is carried by 806 people, or 1 in 19,154. In Zimbabwe Musungo is most frequent in: Harare Province, where 42 percent live, Mashonaland East Province, where 21 percent live and Masvingo Province, where 13 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe this surname exists in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 2 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

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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 Musungo
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