Wangungu Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Wangungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 97 | 1:476,081 | 24,779 |
| Uganda | 15 | 1:2,602,619 | 75,106 |
Wangungu (61) may also be a first name.
Wangungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wangungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wangungu is most common in Kenya. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wangungu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,727,723rd most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. Wangungu is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wangungu reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 61 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is borne by 97 people, or 1 in 476,081. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Nyeri County, where 59 percent are found, Nyandarua County, where 36 percent are found and Kajiado County, where 1 percent are found. Barring Kenya this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 13 percent are found.
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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 Wangungu
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