Shelungu Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Shelungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Shelungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shelungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shelungu is found most frequently in Namibia. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Shelungu.
How Common Is The Last Name Shelungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most frequently used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shelungu live; 67 percent live in Southern Africa and 67 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The surname Shelungu is most frequently used in Namibia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 1,204,700. In Namibia Shelungu is primarily concentrated in: Oshikoto Region, where 50 percent reside and Otjozondjupa Region, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Namibia this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selungu | 93 | 7 | / |
| Shilungu | 88 | 584 | / |
| Sihlungu | 88 | 13 | / |
| Shalungu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Selugu | 86 | 13 | / |
| Shillungu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chelungus | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shalyungu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Selusingu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shilugu | 80 | 485 | / |
| Salungu | 80 | 408 | / |
| Silungu | 80 | 284 | / |
| Solungu | 80 | 48 | / |
| Sihlunu | 80 | 9 | / |
| Selumnu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chelugu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chilungu | 75 | 946 | / |
| Sollungu | 75 | 8 | / |
| Salunggu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Saliungu | 75 | 5 | / |
| Selougou | 75 | 3 | / |
| Chelugut | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sailungu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sihlongu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sihlaugu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Zihlungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Saluungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Silugu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Selugoe | 67 | 9 | / |
| Chilugu | 67 | 6 | / |
| Cilungu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Silongu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sileunou | 63 | 49 | / |
| Silyunus | 63 | 25 | / |
| Silogu | 57 | 17 | / |
| Cilongu | 53 | 4 | / |
| Selonou | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Shelungu
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