Wamungu Surname
Approximately 222 people bear this surname
Wamungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 102 | 1:382,738 | 24,349 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| Kenya | 39 | 1:1,184,100 | 35,048 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wamungu (45) may also be a first name.
Wamungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wamungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wamungu occurs most in Uganda. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wamungu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,101,507th most frequently used last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 32,826,783 people. Wamungu occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wamungu reside; 65 percent reside in East Africa and 48 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most widespread first name internationally, borne by 45 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 382,738. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Mbale District, where 35 percent live, Kyankwanzi District, where 10 percent live and Kampala District, where 9 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name exists in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Kenya, where 18 percent live.
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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 Wamungu
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