Muzungu Surname
Approximately 18,615 people bear this surname
Muzungu Surname Definition:
Muzungu is a surname of the Kaonde / Chewa tribe, meaning: frequent traveller.
Muzungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 6,512 | 1:1,745 | 423 |
| DR Congo | 5,781 | 1:12,780 | 1,599 |
| Zambia | 2,733 | 1:5,799 | 702 |
| Uganda | 1,440 | 1:27,111 | 3,776 |
| Zimbabwe | 1,339 | 1:11,530 | 1,498 |
| Kenya | 356 | 1:129,719 | 10,668 |
| Malawi | 209 | 1:81,910 | 10,289 |
| Tanzania | 126 | 1:420,172 | 29,494 |
| Botswana | 55 | 1:39,762 | 7,636 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Burundi | 4 | 1:2,451,213 | 1,279 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Muzungu (2,875) may also be a first name.
Muzungu Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Muzungu is a surname of the Kaonde / Chewa tribe, meaning: frequent traveller.
Muzungu is a surname of the Chewa tribe, meaning: a white person / A prestigious person (slang).
Muzungu Demographics
Average Muzungu Salary in
United States
$20,625 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Muzungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Muzungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Muzungu is found most frequently in Rwanda. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Muzungu.
How Common Is The Last Name Muzungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 28,850th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 391,488 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Muzungu are found; 45 percent are found in East Africa and 45 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Muzungu is also the 135,615th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 2,875 people.
The last name Muzungu is most frequent in Rwanda, where it is held by 6,512 people, or 1 in 1,745. Not including Rwanda this surname exists in 26 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 31 percent reside and Zambia, where 15 percent reside.
Muzungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Muzungu last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Muzungu earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 52.2% less than the national average, earning $20,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muizungu | 93 | 27 | / |
| Mudzungu | 93 | 13 | / |
| Muzhungu | 93 | 10 | / |
| Muzungut | 93 | 8 | / |
| Muzuungu | 93 | 3 | / |
| Muuzungu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Mhuzungu | 93 | 1 | / |
| Muzugu | 92 | 6 | / |
| Muzunu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Muzung'hu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Muizhungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Musungu | 86 | 19,476 | / |
| Mujungu | 86 | 3,634 | / |
| Mozungu | 86 | 145 | / |
| Mucungu | 86 | 15 | / |
| Mizungu | 86 | 12 | / |
| Muzugnu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muzumgu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Muchungu | 80 | 281 | / |
| Mujjungu | 80 | 87 | / |
| Mutsungu | 80 | 69 | / |
| Mushungu | 80 | 23 | / |
| Modzungu | 80 | 21 | / |
| Mussungu | 80 | 20 | / |
| Mudjungu | 80 | 4 | / |
| Mujuungu | 80 | 3 | / |
| Muzhunhu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mususngu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Mujunggu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Musugu | 77 | 884 | / |
| Mucunu | 77 | 117 | / |
| Musunu | 77 | 31 | / |
| Mucugu | 77 | 18 | / |
| Mujugu | 77 | 14 | / |
| Mujunu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Mutchungu | 75 | 21 | / |
| Mutshungu | 75 | 4 | / |
| Mouzougou | 75 | 2 | / |
| Muchunguh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Musheungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mousoungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Mosungu | 71 | 830 | / |
| Misungu | 71 | 316 | / |
| Musongu | 71 | 28 | / |
| Muhsunu | 71 | 8 | / |
| Musunhu | 71 | 2 | / |
| Mujughu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musuggu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Musuugu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Mousoungou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Moussoungou | 67 | 3,735 | / |
| Mushongu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moutsoungou | 67 | 2 | / |
| Moshungu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Muzungu
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