Tunguta Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Tunguta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tunguta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya1691:273,25418,015
South Africa221:2,462,623101,019
Uganda81:4,879,910106,546
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Tunguta Last Name Facts

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

Tunguta is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Tunguta? popularity and diffusion

Tunguta is the 1,185,157th most widespread last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tunguta live; 89 percent live in East Africa and 84 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Tunguta is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 169 people, or 1 in 273,254. In Kenya Tunguta is primarily found in: Bungoma County, where 91 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 5 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 2 percent reside. Beside Kenya Tunguta exists in 3 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 11 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 percent reside.

Tunguta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Tunguta earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 83.64% less than the national average, earning R 38,880 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
  • 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 Tunguta
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