Ngununu Surname

919,444th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 288 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ngununu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ngununu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1561:250,25218,603
DR Congo1301:568,30443,658
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168

Ngununu Last Name Facts

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

Ngununu occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ngununu? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 919,444th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 25,303,979 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ngununu live; 55 percent live in East Africa and 55 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widely held in Uganda, where it is carried by 156 people, or 1 in 250,252. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Kasese District, where 88 percent live, Bundibugyo District, where 10 percent live and Kiboga District, where 1 percent live. Beside Uganda this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 45 percent live and Kenya, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ngunungu9319/
N'Gununu931/
Gununu92348/
Nununu921/
Ngungungu8815/
Nhununu869/
Nuununu861/
Nginunu861/
Gunounou804/
Ngounoungou784/
Gunonu778/
Nhunhunhu758/
Gounounou751/
Gungunu712/
Gounhounou711/
Gungungu6718/
Ngunonhu671/
Goungounou592/
Nunuunu572/
Ngononu571/
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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 Ngununu
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