Mutungu Surname

218,550th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,874 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Zambia

Mutungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mutungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo1,0401:71,0388,316
Kenya5641:81,8797,535
Zambia2561:61,9145,578
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432

Mutungu (239) may also be a first name.

Mutungu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mutungu is found most in The DR Congo. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Mutungu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 218,550th most widely held family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,888,765 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mutungu are found; 55 percent are found in Central Africa and 55 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Mutungu is also the 578,640th most widely held given name internationally It is held by 239 people.

Mutungu is most frequently used in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 1,040 people, or 1 in 71,038. Beside The DR Congo Mutungu exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 30 percent live and Zambia, where 14 percent live.

Mutungu Last Name Statistics demography

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

Mutungu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.14% less than the national average, earning $21,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Muthungu931,040/
Mutung'u9317/
Muitungu933/
Mutun'gu931/
Mutugu92460/
Mutunu92167/
Muitung'u8810/
Mitungu86623/
Mutunhu86189/
Mutongu8680/
Motungu8649/
Mautunu865/
Muttugu861/
Moutoungou821/
Muthingu80211/
Muthongu804/
Motaungu801/
Motugu775/
Motunu771/
Motoungou754/
Moutongou754/
Moutounou753/
Muttugaud751/
Motongu71280/
Motounu716/
Motaunu712/
Mouthounou711/
Mutugoe711/
Motunau711/
Motonggu6718/
Motounou6711/
Mautonu574/
Mutonui571/
Mothugu571/
Moutonou53109/
Moutogou5314/

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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 Mutungu
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