Namungu Surname

630,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 485 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Namungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Namungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2981:154,96612,283
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Uganda281:1,394,26052,673
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Rwanda91:1,262,7752,632
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Namungu (56) may also be a first name.

Namungu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Namungu is more frequently found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Namungu.

How Common Is The Last Name Namungu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Namungu is the 630,290th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. Namungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namungu live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most widely held given name internationally It is held by 56 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 154,966. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Bungoma County, where 56 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 24 percent reside and Vihiga County, where 18 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya this last name is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.

Namungu Last Name Statistics demography

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

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Namuungu935/
Ngamungu932/
Namunu92688/
Namugu9297/
Namutengu88202/
Namoungou881/
Najmunu863/
Nomungu861/
Ngamunu861/
Ngamugu861/
Namongu861/
Naimunu861/
Nahamugu808/
Namounou806/
Namougou802/
Namogu772/
Ngamougou75355/
Ngamounou752/
Nammongou751/
Namgugu71168/
Nga'amougou672/
Nomounou671/
Namugooyi631/
Namonu6228/
Gnoumounou591/
Nnamonu57639/
Namonou571/
Namoonu571/

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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 Namungu
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