Tungwet Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Tungwet Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Tungwet Demographics
Tungwet Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Tungwet Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tungwet Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Tungwet is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Tungwet? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 10,311,814th most commonly used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Tungwet are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 67 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 23,089,950. In Kenya Tungwet is most frequent in: Bungoma County, where 50 percent are found and Busia County, where 50 percent are found. Other than Kenya this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Uganda, where 33 percent are found.
Tungwet Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Tungwet surname is principally 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 Tungwet
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