Nkulungu Surname
Approximately 369 people bear this surname
Nkulungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 273 | 1:193,925 | 16,636 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
Nkulungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nkulungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nkulungu is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nkulungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 770,644th most widespread last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,749,447 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nkulungu are found; 74 percent are found in East Africa and 74 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
Nkulungu is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is held by 273 people, or 1 in 193,925. In Tanzania it is mostly concentrated in: Singida Region, where 51 percent are found, Mbeya Region, where 47 percent are found and Manyara Region, where 1 percent are found. Other than Tanzania it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 26 percent are found.
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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 Nkulungu
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