Sungu Surname
Approximately 15,096 people bear this surname
Sungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 12,266 | 1:6,023 | 717 |
| Kenya | 1,153 | 1:40,052 | 4,221 |
| Tanzania | 1,007 | 1:52,574 | 5,796 |
| India | 163 | 1:4,705,923 | 120,533 |
| Indonesia | 137 | 1:965,323 | 71,212 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65 | 1:125,442 | 17,113 |
| Zimbabwe | 48 | 1:321,630 | 31,533 |
| Angola | 36 | 1:749,700 | 2,649 |
| United States | 34 | 1:10,660,557 | 428,392 |
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Uganda | 27 | 1:1,445,899 | 53,777 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Taiwan | 16 | 1:1,465,297 | 9,806 |
| Malaysia | 14 | 1:2,106,730 | 83,604 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| South Africa | 10 | 1:5,417,770 | 150,016 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Zambia | 6 | 1:2,641,654 | 34,188 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Sungü (1) & Süngü (6,860) are calculated separately.
Sungu (1,337) may also be a first name.
Sungu Demographics
Sungu Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sungu occurs in The DR Congo more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Sungü or Süngü. For other potential spellings of Sungu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sungu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sungu is the 35,040th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 482,747 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sungu reside; 81 percent reside in Central Africa and 81 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Sungu is also the 214,787th most frequently held first name on earth, borne by 1,337 people.
It is most numerous in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 12,266 people, or 1 in 6,023. Outside of The DR Congo Sungu is found in 36 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 8 percent reside and Tanzania, where 7 percent reside.
Sungu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sungu last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sungu last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.67% registered with the political party.
Sungu earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.79% more than the national average, earning $44,786 USD per year.
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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 Sungu
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