Rutungu Surname

1,537,949th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 135 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Rutungu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Rutungu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda1091:358,15923,337
Zimbabwe211:735,15452,165
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Rutungu (53) may also be a first name.

Rutungu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Rutungu is found most in Uganda. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Rutungu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Rutungu is the 1,537,949th most frequent last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 53,981,822 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Rutungu live; 81 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Rutungu is also the 1,366,219th most prevalent first name throughout the world It is held by 53 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 109 people, or 1 in 358,159. In Uganda it is most common in: Kiruhura District, where 55 percent live, Lyantonde District, where 12 percent live and Ssembabule District, where 7 percent live. Not including Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 16 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.

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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 Rutungu
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