Shitungu Surname
Approximately 74 people bear this surname
Shitungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Zambia | 2 | 1:7,924,961 | 45,994 |
Shitungu (49) may also be a first name.
Shitungu Demographics
Shitungu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shitungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shitungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shitungu is found most in Kenya. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Shitungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shitungu? popularity and diffusion
Shitungu is the 2,203,767th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 98,480,350 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Shitungu are found; 91 percent are found in East Africa and 91 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,430,306th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 49 people.
The surname Shitungu is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 67 people, or 1 in 689,252. In Kenya Shitungu is primarily found in: Kakamega County, where 91 percent reside, Nairobi County, where 6 percent reside and Nyeri County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Namibia, where 7 percent reside and Zambia, where 3 percent reside.
Shitungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Shitungu surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shitunguu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Situngu | 93 | 216 | / |
| Chitungu | 88 | 1,817 | / |
| Sithungu | 88 | 105 | / |
| Situnu | 86 | 1 | / |
| Chitung'u | 82 | 20 | / |
| Chitunguu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Chitunu | 80 | 12 | / |
| Citungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Setungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Zitungu | 80 | 1 | / |
| Chitunhu | 75 | 520 | / |
| Sethungu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chituneu | 75 | 1 | / |
| Chittumnu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sethugu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zitounu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zaitunu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Setounou | 63 | 67 | / |
| Chitumhu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Setounnou | 59 | 29 | / |
| Sitonu | 57 | 9 | / |
| Suitonu | 53 | 44 | / |
| Seitonu | 53 | 7 | / |
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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 Shitungu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis