Wanyungu Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Wanyungu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 15 | 1:3,078,660 | 38,128 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Wanyungu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanyungu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanyungu is most common in Kenya. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanyungu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wanyungu is the 4,772,636th most widely held family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Wanyungu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Wanyungu live; 94 percent live in East Africa and 76 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 3,078,660. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 60 percent live, Bungoma County, where 7 percent live and Kisumu County, where 7 percent live. Not including Kenya this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 6 percent live and Uganda, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banyungu | 88 | 110 | / |
| Yungu | 77 | 874 | / |
| Wamjungu | 75 | 189 | / |
| Ayongu | 71 | 662 | / |
| Oyungu | 71 | 311 | / |
| Hyungu | 71 | 97 | / |
| Uyungu | 71 | 90 | / |
| Yungus | 71 | 46 | / |
| Youngu | 71 | 44 | / |
| Yunguş | 71 | 41 | / |
| Eyungu | 71 | 21 | / |
| Yunggu | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jyungu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aayongu | 67 | 56 | / |
| Youngou | 67 | 49 | / |
| Huyungu | 67 | 21 | / |
| Uyungou | 67 | 4 | / |
| Yihungu | 67 | 4 | / |
| Younghu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ayonngu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hyunggu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yunggut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Youngau | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oyoungu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yunghui | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayonguu | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Wanyungu
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