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 found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Namungu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Namungu is the 630,290th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Namungu live; 73 percent live in East Africa and 60 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Namungu is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 56 people.

It is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 298 people, or 1 in 154,966. In Kenya Namungu is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 56 percent live, Kakamega County, where 24 percent live and Vihiga County, where 18 percent live. Outside of Kenya this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 27 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.

Namungu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Namungu surname 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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