Sungura Surname
Approximately 14,204 people bear this surname
Sungura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,660 | 1:4,182 | 582 |
| DR Congo | 1,320 | 1:55,969 | 6,703 |
| Kenya | 138 | 1:334,637 | 20,269 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Burundi | 9 | 1:1,089,428 | 846 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Sungura (1,392) may also be a first name.
Sungura Demographics
Sungura Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sungura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sungura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sungura occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sungura? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sungura is the 37,115th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 513,063 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sungura live; 91 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Sungura is also the 209,670th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 1,392 people.
The surname Sungura is most widespread in Tanzania, where it is carried by 12,660 people, or 1 in 4,182. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Rukwa Region, where 22 percent are found, Kigoma Region, where 14 percent are found and Katavi Region, where 11 percent are found. Without taking into account Tanzania Sungura exists in 17 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 9 percent are found and Kenya, where 1 percent are found.
Sungura Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Sungura last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Sungura
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