Nungu Surname
Approximately 7,666 people bear this surname
Nungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 3,515 | 1:15,062 | 1,954 |
| Malawi | 1,934 | 1:8,852 | 1,354 |
| DR Congo | 1,163 | 1:63,525 | 7,507 |
| South Africa | 487 | 1:111,248 | 13,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 422 | 1:36,584 | 5,661 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61 | 1:133,667 | 18,337 |
| Nigeria | 49 | 1:3,615,158 | 105,602 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Nungu (561) may also be a first name.
Nungu Demographics
Average Nungu Salary in
South Africa
R 111,924
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nungu (Marathi: नुंगु, Oriya: ନୁୁମୁା, Russian: Нунгу) is found most in Tanzania. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nungu? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 65,161st most widely held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 950,632 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nungu reside; 46 percent reside in East Africa and 46 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 354,811th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 561 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 3,515 people, or 1 in 15,062. In Tanzania it is most common in: Ruvuma Region, where 46 percent are found, Dar es Salaam Region, where 13 percent are found and Morogoro Region, where 9 percent are found. Not including Tanzania it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 25 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found.
Nungu Last Name Statistics demography
Nungu earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 52.9% less than the national average, earning R 111,924 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nungu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nungu in the Marathi language | ||
| नुंगु | nungu | 85.71 |
| नुंगू | nungu | 14.29 |
| Nungu in the Oriya language | ||
| ନୁୁମୁା | nuumua | 50 |
| ନୁୁନାଏକ | nuuna'eka | 34.38 |
| ନୁୂ | nuu | 12.5 |
| ନୁଂଗୁ | nungu | 3.13 |
| Nungu in the Russian language | ||
| Нунгу | nungu | - |
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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
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- 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 Nungu
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