Opunga Surname

1,070,546th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 232 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Opunga Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Opunga Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya2211:208,95914,983
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Opunga Last Name Facts

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

The surname Opunga occurs in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Opunga? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,070,546th most commonly occurring last name globally, borne by around 1 in 31,411,836 people. The surname Opunga occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Opunga live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 72 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 221 people, or 1 in 208,959. In Kenya Opunga is most prevalent in: Kakamega County, where 72 percent are found, Vihiga County, where 24 percent are found and Bungoma County, where 2 percent are found. Besides Kenya this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

Opunga Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Opounga921/
Opaunga921/
Opuna91161/
Opuga9141/
Oponga83165/
Opungo83102/
Epunga8348/
Apunga8315/
Opunai8314/
Hopuna8310/
Opunna835/
Opunge834/
Ophuna831/
Opunea831/
Opuina831/
Epounga7717/
Hapunga7711/
Oppuuna771/
Apungas771/
Opungou771/
Opuno73356/
Apuna73259/
Opoga7377/
Opona7344/
Apuga7325/
Opugo7312/
Opoungou7183/
Opoungui7155/
Opusingi7144/
Opusengi711/
Uopunger710/
Aponga67949/
Opongo67222/
Apunai6739/
Opuuno6728/
Apauga6716/
Apuina678/
Oponai678/
Opongi677/
Hapuna677/
Appuna676/
Apunay672/
Apugau672/
Opogha672/
Apunna671/
Hopona671/
Apauna671/
Apouna671/
Apunea671/
Apuuga671/
Opougo671/
Opuigo671/
Opoena671/
Opoona671/
Apugha671/
Apungo671/
Aspuga671/
Epungo671/
Opunot671/
Opouno671/
Oponge671/

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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 Opunga
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